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A local Metropark is closing early, Thursday, to thin its deer herd.
Kensington Metropark will be closing its gates around 4pm, Thursday, in an effort to bring the deer population down to more healthy numbers. It will go on until about midnight. Officials estimate there are 120 deer across the parkâs 4,500 acres.
Metropark employees that have been trained as sharpshooters will attempt to cull the herd by 50 deer, bringing the population down to 70. The Detroit Free Press reports that the number of deer in Kensington has generally risen yearly, with there having been at one point approximately 200 deer on the siteâs 5.1 square miles. Annual aerial surveys of the park have shown numbers in the triple digits consistently since surveying began. A healthy herd population is said to be 15 per square mile.