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Deer Kill in Valley Forge to Begin
 
  by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/31/11 8:30 am | updated: 10/31/11 8:30 am
 
Valley Forge National Historical Park will conduct its second annual deer-culling operation. U.S. Department of Agriculture marksmen with rifles and night-vision goggles will reduce the herd by killing deer lured to baited sites.

Last year, sharpshooters killed 600 deer. This year the park's natural-resource department would like to kill 500.

Insurance experts estimate there are 130,000 deer-vehicle collisions annually in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

The park estimated that before the cull began last year, the deer population had increased eight-fold over 25 years - to 1,227, or 241 animals per square mile. The goal is to reduce the herd to 165 to 185 deer per square mile under a 15-year program estimated to cost $1.8 million to $2.9 million. After four years of controlled kills, the park would resort to a birth-control agent, should an effective one become available.

The park said last season's kill resulted in the donation of 18,330 pounds of venison to local food banks.

 
 
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