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>Protecting roads from deer
>
>Every year around this time the subject of deer collisions with
>vehicles comes up with monotonous regularity and the deer get the
>blame as well as being maimed or killed.
>
>Whilst it must be accepted that deer will unexpectedly run across
>roads, it must also be acknowledged that deer graze within a few feet
>on the verges of major roads quite unconcerned about the most
>thunderous of trucks skimming past them.
>
>So what makes them run across busy roads, thus causing accidents?
>
>Some years ago, the Erie Insurance Group in America carried out a
>survey into deer collisions and found that on the first days of the
>shooting season, accidents soared by up to five times the normal and
>remained substantially higher for the duration of the season. The
>conclusion being that deer were running blindly across highways after
>being disturbed by shooting.
>
>For some time I have been trying to establish to what extent this is
>relevant in this country as I do not believe deer will be any less
>disturbed by guns here, than in America. My success has been
>hampered by negative responses from the police and that deer collision
>research is financially backed by those who are supporting the
>conservation and shooting industries.
>
>However, recently, in an Internet discussion forum a senior scientific
>adviser to Scottish Natural Heritage acknowledged that disturbance by
>shooting or walkers is only involved in some of them, in response to
>a suggestion that disturbance by shooting and walkers - especially
>with dogs - could be a significant factor in deer collisions. This
>suggests that the authorities are well aware of the problem but are
>unwilling to take any measures that could affect shooting or walking.
>
>Legally, I understand the ownership of deer is attributed to the
>landowner on whose ground they are present, so surely the landowner
>should bear responsibility if any activities he/she encourages or
>allows, results in deer panicking and running wildly onto adjacent
>land where there are public roads.
>
>Perhaps a part solution to the problem would be that landowners who
>are involved in activities likely to cause deer collisions be required
>to erect deer fencing along their roadside boundaries in an effort to
>reduce accidents.
>
>The cost of protecting the driving public from these activities should
>not fall to the taxpayer.

>Angus Macmillan
>www.roots-of-blood.org.uk
>www.killhunting.org
>www.con-servation.org.uk
>
>All truth passes through three stages:
>First, it is ridiculed;
>Second, it is violently opposed; and
>Third, it is accepted as self-evident.
>-- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

> On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:43:33 +0000, amacmil304@aol.com wrote:
>
>>Protecting roads from deer
>>
>>Every year around this time the subject of deer collisions with
>>vehicles comes up with monotonous regularity and the deer get the
>>blame as well as being maimed or killed.
>>
>>Whilst it must be accepted that deer will unexpectedly run across
>>roads, it must also be acknowledged that deer graze within a few feet
>>on the verges of major roads quite unconcerned about the most
>>thunderous of trucks skimming past them.
>>
>>So what makes them run across busy roads, thus causing accidents?
>>
>>Some years ago, the Erie Insurance Group in America carried out a
>>survey into deer collisions and found that on the first days of the
>>shooting season, accidents soared by up to five times the normal and
>>remained substantially higher for the duration of the season. The
>>conclusion being that deer were running blindly across highways after
>>being disturbed by shooting.
>>
>>For some time I have been trying to establish to what extent this is
>>relevant in this country as I do not believe deer will be any less
>>disturbed by guns here, than in America. My success has been
>>hampered by negative responses from the police and that deer collision
>>research is financially backed by those who are supporting the
>>conservation and shooting industries.
>>
>>However, recently, in an Internet discussion forum a senior scientific
>>adviser to Scottish Natural Heritage acknowledged that disturbance by
>>shooting or walkers is only involved in some of them, in response to
>>a suggestion that disturbance by shooting and walkers - especially
>>with dogs - could be a significant factor in deer collisions. This
>>suggests that the authorities are well aware of the problem but are
>>unwilling to take any measures that could affect shooting or walking.
>>
>>Legally, I understand the ownership of deer is attributed to the
>>landowner on whose ground they are present, so surely the landowner
>>should bear responsibility if any activities he/she encourages or
>>allows, results in deer panicking and running wildly onto adjacent
>>land where there are public roads.
>>
>>Perhaps a part solution to the problem would be that landowners who
>>are involved in activities likely to cause deer collisions be required
>>to erect deer fencing along their roadside boundaries in an effort to
>>reduce accidents.
>>
>>The cost of protecting the driving public from these activities should
>>not fall to the taxpayer.
>
> I agree. The same is said of the game bird shooters. Our roads are
> littered with dead game birds being bred too close to roads and then
> hunted across roads. We should be sending the bill to the shooting
> groups, if they had to pay for the carnage they cause on UK roads they
> would think twice before killing wildlife for fun!
>
>>Angus Macmillan
>>www.roots-of-blood.org.uk
>>www.killhunting.org
>>www.con-servation.org.uk
>>
>>All truth passes through three stages:
>>First, it is ridiculed;
>>Second, it is violently opposed; and
>>Third, it is accepted as self-evident.
>>-- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
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