Cape Girardeau City Council votes on new deer ordinance
Deer proposal brought to city council By Brooke Buckner | February 1, 2021 at 8:51 PM CST - Updated February 2 at 2:53 AM
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Thereâs been a lot of talk from city leaders once again about the possibility of allowing hunting inside the city limits.
You may remember, the issue was put Cape Girardeau voters several years ago, but failed.
The Cape Girardeau City Council met Monday night to vote on a new deer ordinance for the first time.
The deer cause problems for some citizens.
âThe deer are here a lot; weâve seen up to 17 deer at one time,â said one Cape resident. âThey like to eat our plants and our treesâ
necessities? they re kind of living off the land. some of their neighbors have in fact complained, said that they pretty much decimated the deer population around that area for food. we do know they go to the grocery, get some of their staples that way. we understand that they also grow some of their vegetables on property. but it s kind of hard to tell exactly what off the grid means when you talk about what they re doing because as we pointed out there is no running water, they have a generator that provides their electric power, what they have. but they also have a very sophisticated social media network. some of the pictures you saw even have blessed little homestead which is kind of the branding for not only what they call their lifestyle, but what will be a dog grooming business sha that she plans to open up. what about schooling. do the kids go to school?
control the deer population in d.c. some neighbors support it and saying it is being done professionally and others want them to use nonlethal means to prevent the deer from continuing to reproduce. there have to be other options. they are just trying to go through the easy way of getting rid of them. you are not wounding them with bow and arrow, by untrained shooters and they do have to be cleared out. reporter: it is not just in d.c. the hunts are happening. department of agriculture sharpshooters are trying to help thin the herd at other national parks, including gettysburg in pennsylvania and in maryland. by the way, the deer meat will go to local food banks and homeless shelters. molly henneberg, fox news. a judge said the mother of a 13-year-old girl declared brain dead after having tonsil surgery can remove the child from a northern california hospital as long as she assumes full