No more safety zone for cull this year, and cull will be on private properties
"The 450-foot rule, which the Michigan Department of Natural Resources made Ann Arbor follow for the first two culls, limited the areas where shooting could occur in the city, but that's changing." Read full article on M-Live #annarborcitycouncil #urbancull #annarbordeer #450feet #safetyzone #deercull
Ann Arbor deer plan could cost city more than $250K next year
Ann Arbor could end up spending more than $250,000 on deer management efforts in 2017. The city's staff presented updated budget calculations at a City Council work session Monday night, Oct. 24, showing $258,545 in expected costs if the city carries out a combination lethal/nonlethal program. That includes shooting up to 100 deer and surgically sterilizing up to 60 deer, plus doing more vegetation impact studies and other data collection. [Excerpt and image from M-Live. Read
Ann Arbor releases plan to kill 100 deer this winter, sterilize up to 60
Following a controversial inaugural deer cull last winter, Ann Arbor officials are planning to take a combination approach this coming year, using both lethal and nonlethal methods to control the deer population.City Administrator Howard Lazarus laid out the city's 2017 deer management strategy in an eight-page memo to the City Council on Friday, Oct. 14, indicating the goal is to kill 100 more deer using firearms this winter. Photo and excerpt from M-Live article. Full artic
Deer cull divides 5th Ward candidates for Ann Arbor City Council
Council Member Chuck Warpehoski, who supports conducting annual culls to reduce the city's deer population, is defending his seat against challenger Kevin Leeser, who doesn't believe killing deer should be a city priority. "We have bigger fish to fry right now than deer eating some people's vegetables," Leeser said during a candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters on Wednesday night, July 13. Warpehoski said he stands by the City Council's decision last year to la
Ann Arbor seeks feedback on deer cull in new survey
The city of Ann Arbor has launched a new online survey, asking residents for their opinions about the recent deer cull. And the city has taken extra measures this time to make sure the survey isn't biased, city officials said. The survey, posted on the city's A2 Open City Hall website, is available now through April 29. Take the survey See the full M-Live article here> #survey #deersurvey #deercull #AnnArbordeer
Group hopes to put deer issue on ballot for Ann Arbor voters to decide
[Excerpt and photo from M-Live. Read the full article here.] The shooting of deer that's happening right now in Ann Arbor parks and nature areas is expected to be the first in a series of annual culls. That's the city's plan. But citizens against killing deer in Ann Arbor have other plans. Robert McGee, founder of Ann Arbor Residents for Nonlethal Deer Management, said at Monday night's City Council meeting he and other opponents of the cull are getting ready to start collect
Young deer found, killed, in middle of golf course
A cruelty complaint was filed by an Ann Arbor resident who stumbled upon a disturbing scene on Tuesday morning: a young doe, dead in the middle of Ann Arbor’s Leslie Park Golf Course, with a tiny unborn baby deer nearby (graphic photos attached*). She reported walking the area daily and indicated the deer was not there the day before. “The Humane Society of Huron Valley (HSHV) has been providing wildlife services and responding to citizens’ concerns about wildlife for at leas
Second lawsuit over Ann Arbor cull
[Photo and exerpt from M-Live. Read the entire article here.] The city of Ann Arbor is facing another lawsuit over its decision to hire sharpshooters to kill up to 100 deer in city parks. The new lawsuit — the second against the city over the deer cull — was filed in Washtenaw County Circuit Court and is before Judge Timothy Connors. Connors this week denied the initial request for a temporary restraining order seeking to halt the cull, which started earlier this month. Read
Deer carcass found on golf course
[Excerpt and photo by M-Live. Read the full article here.] Residents who live near the Leslie Park Golf Course in Ann Arbor, one of the sites where the city's deer cull is underway, stumbled upon a gruesome scene Tuesday morning. A torn-apart deer carcass in the middle of the city-owned park and golf course shocked neighbors who came across it during their morning walks. The body was reported to police and the Humane Society of Huron Valley, which is now conducting an investi
Sharpshooters must get permission to shoot deer near homes
[Excerpted from M-Live. Full article here.] The Michigan Department of Natural Resources on Wednesday issued a two-month permit allowing the city of Ann Arbor to bring sharpshooters into city parks to shoot up to 100 deer — with some restrictions. Most notably, shooting cannot occur within 450 feet of any occupied buildings unless written consent is obtained by the owner or occupant. That means if sharpshooters fire guns within 450 feet of anyone's house, apartment or other o
