Are they afraid of the truth that killing deer is not going to solve the alleged problems?
The Minority Report exposes the insufficiency, misrepresentation, and errors in the Committee Report. The Minority Report documents that Ridgefield must obtain accurate, scientific facts and information before making any recommendations about deer, and deer management.For example: • The biggest misconception perpetrated by the Committee is that deer are the primary carriers of infectious ticks. Deer cannot pass Lyme disease on to anything or anyone. And, there can be infectious ticks and Lyme disease present on your property even when you dont have deer. Further, this Committee has used fear of Lyme disease to justify major deer culling (killing) in Ridgefield. Deer hunting cannot and does not control, determine, or in any other way manage Lyme disease. As documented in the Minority Report, white-footed mice are the primary carriers of Lyme disease. The Committee alleges that Dr. Kirby Stafford of the CT Agricultural Experiment Station said that if you reduce the deer population to eig
