Don't you feel badly for the garden owners?

[Oak]

I guess some folks don't like all the things that go along with living in the West. I love this particularly anthropocentric comment: "It's people that have to live in this country," he said. "Animals are beautiful to look at, but they don't own the planet."

Elk crowd out Loveland's peace of mind
By Theo Stein
Denver Post Environment

Residents on the western fringe of this small foothills city are struggling to adapt to a new bunch of neighbors who trample their fences, eat their lawns and generally roam about like they own the place.
More than 100 elk, driven out of the mountains last winter by a lack of forage, have decided Loveland's mix of hayfields, golf courses and irrigated landscapes makes a dandy place to call home.

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Oak

 

[1_pointer]

That's almost too funny!!

I know in IN they had to resort to hunting in the state parks to keep the deer population at an acceptable level. At least for the first few years, you were able to recieve the meat but not the antlers. That helped it from just becoming a trophy hunt.