Whitetail deer on the highway are of the greatest traffic hazards in metropolitan areas, and many municipalities use managed bowhunting to keep the numbers in check. Additionally, Lyme’s disease is more prevalent than ever, and whitetail deer (via the “deer tick”) increase the likelihood of the malady.
In Bethesda, a suburb of Washington, D.C., building lots are often large and tree-lined — ideal habitat for whitetail deer. A Bethesda woman is suing Montgomery County Parks for allowing bowhunting to reduce deer numbers and PETA is backing her in the process. I urge you to read this not only to be informed on the subject, but to get a feel for the mental process that PETA supporters posses. After the article published by Aaron Kraut in Bethesda Magazine, one supporter responds and the comments are very informative.
A Bethesda woman is suing Montgomery Parks with help from the well-known animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to stop the department’s first-ever managed deer hunt using crossbows. Eilene Cohhn filed a lawsuit in Montgomery County Circuit Court late Thursday, claiming Montgomery Parks’ planned archery deer hunts set to start Friday morning in parts of two county parks violate Maryland’s animal cruelty statute.
Jeffrey Kerr, an attorney for PETA, said a judge on Thursday refused to issue a temporary restraining order against Montgomery Parks to delay the hunt until the lawsuit is heard. Kerr also said attorneys for the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), the parent agency for Montgomery Parks, refused to delay the hunt until the lawsuit goes in front of Judge Cynthia Callahan Friday morning… [continued]
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