Lyme Disease Study Committee Reports on Deer Problem in Medfield
An update from the Medfield Lyme Disease Study Committee.
The Medfield Lyme Disease Study Committee Chairman Chris Kaldy updated the Board of Selectmen on the committee's activities, and the damage area deer -- which carry ticks with Lyme Disease -- are causing in town. Kaldy reported the deer continue to damage the town's ecological system and said that, the average number of car collisions with deer in Medfield has been 46 per year over the past five years. "We have not had any fatalities...but it's certainly a possibility," Kaldy said, noting that Medfield's rate of deer per square mile is higher than the state average. "In our zone, the route 128 circle around Boston...it's an average of 25 to 30 deer per square mile but, based on the number of car collisions [that are reported to the …
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Brian Whittemore
1:47 pm on Tuesday, June 11, 2013
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