Overpopulation: It's Not A Deer Problem

“It’s not a deer problem, it’s a people problem”

While the causes of human and wild animal interaction are growing rapidly as human and animal population, the effects are shown in various areas. As an example deer, a species that’s population that has sky rocketed in absence of natural predators, causes traffic accidents every year as they attempt to cross U.S. roadways. In effect our society feels like its our personal responsibility to take life away from innocent animals such as deer, stray dogs, and other overpopulated animals. The problem of overpopulation doesn’t stop in areas close to wildlife. It’s a problem in cities across the world as stray cats and dogs are sent to the local shelters to be put asleep simply because they are homeless. While these are problems for everyone in the area,
Rather than killing animals, humans should sterilize or relocate the animals in order to limit human-wildlife conflict. Even though the deer population might be overpopulated and cause problems . I believe there are other options to solve the overpopulation rather than hunting. “It’s not a deer problem, it's a people problem," insists Bonnie Vlach, founder and president of the group. "People move into these posh developments alongside the park, then start complaining when the deer come out and eat their shrubs. If you just leave well enough alone, the system will regulate itself." Vlach brings up a great point. The deer are not at fault for living in there natural habitat. We the humans are the ones that move into their neighborhood and trespass their backyard. Then doing that to the deer we complain and kill them for doing what they were born to do. Instead of hunting to solve our problems we could try some other options. Sterilization of the does is an option that many areas have tried and works just takes time. Although pro-hunters argue this isn’t as efficient as