Resources to Effectively Argue Against  Bow Hunting and
 Other Lethal Methods to Resolve Human-Deer Conflicts
Produced by Peter Muller of the Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting

Defenders of Deer Inc. will hold a demonstration to protest the proposal to allow bow hunting in Clarkstown town parks

DATE: Sunday February 7, 2010  TIME:12:30 – 2:00 PM

PLACE: Clarkstown City Hall at 542 Main Street in Clarkstown, NY

 

Contact:      Jenifer Doran at (845)283-2400  Cell: (914)334-8521;
                   Tracy Russell  at (845)258-5617  Cell: (845)525-5467 –

City Residents are joining with groups in the surrounding to demand a reconsideration of the bow hunting proposal

We shall distribute press-kits  which document these points:

Wildlife biology established the these facts.

 

1 Bow-hunting will exacerbate an overpopulation problem. 
2 We cannot assume that the majority of local residents do not tolerate the current deer density based on the claims of the bow-hunters.
3 Deer density is not the sole factor in the diminishing of the understory. There are other known causes, such as canopies of mature trees inhibiting sun from penetrating to the understory. 
4 Bow hunting exacerbates deer-car collisions.
5 The density of the black-legged Lyme-tick depends primarily on the density of rodents, not deer.
6 Immunocontraception is relatively inexpensive and has worked successfully in parks and urban/suburban settings.
7 Bow hunting is ineffective and cruel; the crippling rate exceeds 50%.

 

In view of these scientifically established facts the proposal for bow hunting in the town parks makes no sense.