IDA is calling on the Montgomery County Park Service to stop wounding and killing deer following the horrific discovery of a doe who was shot through the face and left to die in a public park.
The deer to be culled in the Chevy Chase portion of Rock Creek Park will feel no pain, a natural resource specialist with Montgomery Parks assured Patch.
When news broke about the upcoming culling of deer in Chevy Chase's Rock Creek Stream Valley Park (Unit 2)—the 277-acre part of the park between East-West Highway and the Capital Beltway—many Patch readers expressed concern for the deer, especially pregnant deer. "I understand that there are too many deer. What I don't understand is why this hunt is in February and March when the female deer (doe) are heavily pregnant and ready to give birth. This just adds to the suffering..." Patch user Madelaine Waltjen Shedlick wrote in the comments section of a Jan. 9 Chevy Chase Patch story on the upcoming deer culling. "I totally agree with Madelaine about the deer hunting situation. Please thin the herds in a humane manner so that we will continue …
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Certified park police sharpshooters will begin culling the deer herd in Chevy Chase's Rock Creek Stream Valley Park starting Feb. 11.
It's official: Some of Chevy Chase's deer population will be reduced. Starting Feb. 11, certified police sharpshooters from Montgomery Parks will cull the deer herd in Chevy Chase's Rock Creek Stream Valley Park (Unit 2)—the 277-acre part of the park between East-West Highway and the Capital Beltway. "Highly trained and certified Park Police Sharpshooters will lethally remove deer from the park, under very stringent guidelines and in the most humane way possible," according to a statement from the park and planning commission. Sharpshooting will take place when the park is closed to the public—from 5:30 p.m. until sunrise, through March 31, 2013, and will recur annually from Jan. 1 through the end of March as necessary, the statement added…
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11:18 am on Thursday, February 14, 2013
Here's a quote from Peter Beard after surviving an elephant attack..."A million humans dumped onto the earth every 4 days. We're pushing everything off bcuz we're putting ourselves 1st w/out any limitations and we're the most selfish and greedy animal in the history of the animal kingdom and our greed, our selfishness, our repacious takeover of global habitat is going to catch the elephant 1st, … more ›
Montgomery Parks proposes adding a park area in Chevy Chase to the county's deer management program.
It's not your imagination—the local deer population really is booming. The number of deer inhabiting a section of Rock Creek Park in Chevy Chase is more than three times what is recommended for the area, according to a news statement from the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. A study by the park and planning commission "indicated that 40 to 50 deer inhabit the 275 acres of parkland located within the boundary of Interstate 495 and East-West Highway," in what is referred to by the commission as Rock Creek Stream Valley Park, Unit 2, Chevy Chase. To control the deer population, Montgomery Parks proposes adding Rock Creek Stream Valley Park, Unit 2, to the county's deer management program, and is accepting public comment…
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4:29 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013
I agree. A safe, humane and controlled hunt of the deer to reduce the number of deer in Rock Creek Part is the right thing to do. I believe that the 40-50 estimate is very low. We can often see 20+ deer on a short ride on Beach Drive. more ›
Allan Suchinsky
12:27 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
So it's okay to shoot your neighbor as long as you aim for the head? Deer wind up in residential areas because we destroy their natural habitats and they have little choice but to forage wherever they can. But this is all their fault and they deserve to pay the ultimate price. Very humane world we live in. more ›