5-night deer cull starts on University of Michigan-Dearborn campus

(Detroit Free Press) An effort to reduce the deer population on the University of Michigan-Dearborn campus by up to 50 deer began Saturday evening and will continue through March 6.

The deer cull will take place in the Environmental Study Area (ESA), a 300-acre forested region on campus east of the Rouge River, from roughly 4 p.m. until 10 p.m. Five sessions are scheduled for the next two weekends and one weekday.

The purpose of the deer population cull is to "protect the biodiversity of the ESA, to help reduce health risks ... due to tick exposure and to reduce car-deer collisions near campus," according to a statement released Tuesday by the university.

This is the third deer population cull ordered by the university. Similar to the culls in 2015 and 2018, the university's plan states sharpshooters from Berg’s Animal & Bug Control will use rifles with silencers, shot exclusively from elevated positions, to cull the deer population. ......................(more)

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