You Ask, Patch Answers: How Does Deer Culling Program Work?
In this column, you ask a question and Patch tries to find the answer.
"You Ask, Patch Answers" is where we strive to find answers to all your questions—big, small and in-between—about the town we live and work in. Whether it’s something you’ve always wondered about, some information you just can’t put your hands on, or a sudden curiosity, we want to hear it. Send your queries to theresa.knapp@patch.com or leave them in the comments section below, and I will do my best to dig up an answer for you. This week a Patch reader asked, "How does the deer culling program work?" Last year, was the first year of the Medfield Lyme Disease Study Committee's deer culling program that yielded 27 deer in its pilot program. The controlled deer hunt is part of a three-part approach the town is taking to reduce Lyme …
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Alexander Davis
7:09 pm on Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Currently we are in the midst of an epidemic of Lyme disease, which can cause crippling arthritis and brain damage. Those most at risk are children. The deer tick infects us not only with Lyme disease but also with diseases such as babesiosis and anaplasmosis, both of which can be fatal. These diseases are also on the rise and spreading. The deer epidemic caused the Lyme epidemic. In 1930 there … more ›