MariposaMaid said:Just read a report by Wildlife Rescue. Inc.org about their non lethal spay program s in Virginia and Maryland for long term deer population control.
http://www.wildliferescueinc.o...
In part
"February of 2015 Update:
In February of 2015, we were permitted to manage our deer population in an open suburban community in Baltimore County, MD using the non-lethal deer sterilization spaying procedure. The MD DNR licensed Deer Cooperator who was our original principal researcher darted deer to immobilize them for the veterinarians to perform the rapid ovariectomy spaying procedure.
We are now seeing natural mortality reducing the deer population. It is sad to see some of our older does pass away, but it would be much sadder to see them killed. The contribution of observing them day in and day out to show the major benefits of non-lethal deer sterilization birth control proved invaluable. Benefits like less browsing because deer do not have the caloric requirements of almost 7 months of pregnancy and 3 months of nursing fawns. We observed spayed does eating for significantly less time than pregnant lactating does who ate up to 3 times longer. We observed how even though they still reside in the community, they serve as infertile placeholders who help keep out new deer while consuming much less. We observed how sterilized deer do not go into heat and they are not chased by bucks during rut, reducing deer vehicle collisions! Our observations confirmed lower deer populations can be achieved in a humane manner without killing deer. "
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