Stop The Oppression Permanently
Solon Deer Slaughter
The massacre of deer in Solon, Ohio.
The Solon, OH council insist on slaughtering deer in another futile effort to control the population.
1. Action
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2. Statement
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2.1 Sample Letter One
Why would you even think about slaughtering deer in your city? Violence only begets violence - at the end of it all, what kind of a message does that send to the children in your community? Should conflicts with wildlife automatically be solved with firearms? There are many humane, non-lethal methods to address human-deer conflicts. Please visit the following webpage: http://www.netandboltcruelty.net/humane.htm
2.2 Sample Letter Two
Please oppose the killing of deer in your township. There are plenty of tried and tested humane alternatives. Because you support violence, I will not spend my tourist dollars there and will also tell my friends not to spend their money in your city.
3. Evidence
Various items related to the campaign at hand appear below. Please inform yourselves and others about the matter.
3.1 Background in Solon
After five years of a costly and ineffective culling program our elected officials voted at the Council Meeting on January 17, 2012 to implement the cull effective Monday, January 23. Despite our history with this program, it is not well researched and it ignores long-term, science-driven and cost effective methods for resolving deer-human conflicts. This one-sided Management Program puts everyone in our community at risk by using hunters with cross-bows and sharpshooters with high-powered rifles.
3.2 Bowhunting is ineffective for reducing deer populations
"Archery has never been a valid control measure for animal populations. It's a recreational offshoot of gun hunting, and as such, they can't really sell it as a control measure …, so what is often done - and this is done wrongly … – is that people will come in and they will often use what I call the 'D' words-'devastation,' 'destruction,' 'disaster' … – to talk about these particular animals. … And … what they do is they steer the public into thinking these animals need to be killed. And many times these people will say, We understand archery is not going to control the deer herd, but, gosh, we gotta do something, these things are big rascals, we gotta kill some of 'em, just stick a few of 'em, anything."
Also, hunters wound one animal for every one that they kill. This equates to 50% of the animals who are shot being wounded and dying a slow agonizing death. Deer killed with arrows do not die instantly and they do not know property lines. When a deer is hit with an arrow, it panics and runs off at high speed. They may run into roads and highways, a neighbors yard, over fences, or into glass doors. Damage caused by deer shot with arrows is the responsibility of the homeowner, not the shooter, and not the city. (read more)
3.3 What's wrong with professional sharpshooters?
They cost a lot of money. Solon spent nearly $800,000 over the course of its experiment with culling. We have evidently experienced the rebound effect and so, have nothing to show for this expense.
3.4 How about feeding the hungry?
The cost incurred by hiring sharpshooters to kill ONE deer rose to $570.00. That amount of money could buy more food than what that one dead deer provides.
Also this venison is not USDA inspected, which puts the homeless and low-income families at risk. In 2008 North Dakota state officials ordered food pantries to throw out donated venison after fragments from lead bullets were found in meat. North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin recently discarded thousands of pounds of donated venison due to the discovery of lead contamination.