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Mary Mills
From: Dominick Lacapra [dcl3@cornell.edu]
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 10:53 AM
To: Carol Warshawsky
Cc: Kate Supron; Mary Mills, Steve Shiffrin; Bob & Ginny Powers; Victor Nee; Jane Pedersen
Subject: Re: "Deer Management" Plan—for distribution to the Village Trustees!!
Dear Kate and village trustees,
We very much agree with the message you have just received from Carol Warshawsky. It
expresses the common sense many of us share. You are obdurately pursuing a plan that is very
costly, will not work. and will cause suffering to animals and dismay to those who find the plan
senseless and callous. Cayuga Heights is not a bounded ecosystem like the Galapagos Islands.
Trapping in nets one or more terrified deer and shooting bolts at them is not in the least "normal"
slaughterhouse procedure. And the entire PR campaign has been characterized by the use of
obfuscating euphemisms. Please reconsider what you are doing and go in the direction of what
would indeed be a project of"remediation," including the remediation of tense hostile feelings in
the village.
Sincerely,
Dominick LaCapra and Jane Pedersen
On 12/5/10 12:27 AM, Carol Warshawsky wrote:
Dear Kate and Village Trustees
I am leaving town today so I won't be able to attend the meeting on Monday. But I
would like my voice to be counted.
I am strongly opposed to the deer management plan. I do not think it makes sense; I
do not think it will have the affect many of you expect; I do not want my taxes
increased for a program I find distasteful and frivolous at best, dangerous and
useless at worst.
I am writing this despite feeling there is little interest on your part in hearing from
the public, or at least that part of the public opposed to this plan. If for no other
reason, please reconsider this culling program in light of the serious liability it poses
to our Village and the burden of higher taxes.
As many have pointed out, deer have no sense of boundaries; culling deer in C.H.
does not necessarily reduce the herd. Others will roam in filling the void of those
culled, enjoying increased vegetation and mating with the remaining females. The
situation will not change.
I do not trust that culling with guns can be done safely. While bow and arrow
hunting would be a minuscule improvement, both are very poor solutions which put
residents at risk. The benefits will be minimal contrasted against the frightfully
large potential liabilities.
The costs of this program is high, more so if it proves ineffective. Village taxes
will go up on an annual basis to pay for this tomfoolery which has no end in sight --
deer will still find their way into C.H. I find it unconscionable to be forced to pay
higher taxes for a program that is dangerous, unlikely to work, will not increase
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safety*** and has been frivolously conceived to protect some residents' gardens.
Save us the Strum and Drang; plant deer resistant flora and put up fencing. The financial
burden would rest on those concerned instead of being foisted on the rest of us.
***To date there have been minimal (if any) deer/car accidents; if drivers obey the Village
speed limit it is difficult to see where this could become a more serious problem. However,
deer running from the sound of shot guns could pose a risk to drivers and pedestrians.
Thank you,
Carol Warshawsky
104 The Parkway
Ithaca NY 14850
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a mfuge in adversity. —Aristotle
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