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Article: More deer hunting areas approved
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- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- December 5, 2007
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ROCKVILLE (AP) - In an effort to control the deer population in
Montgomery County, deer hunting will be allowed in three months in
the more developed areas under a bill unanimously approved yesterday
by the County Council.
The council's measure will permit managed hunts in more parts of
the county.
The deer present myriad problems, including causing 2,000
collisions annually; an increase in Lyme disease, which is carried
by deer ticks; and crop and property damage.
More development cuts back on the animals' habitat and pushed
them closer to populated areas to find food.
County Council Vice Chairman Phil Andrews, chairman of the public
safety committee, was persuaded by the information on ...