FIW 2114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Carrying Capacity, Lyme Disease, Chronic Wasting Disease
25 Aug 2016
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Depending upon whom you ask, deer management in this country is either an example of. This is what directs and helps establish the agency"s management objectives for the population. Hunter"s dream: a big buck behind every tree. This has repercussions, such as large deer in the backyard. Unfortunately, deer now are creating negative effects on home landscapes. Deer were not always so common in virginia. Major decrease when regulations were put in place. Took deer from other states and brought them back to virginia. Population grow rapidly in the thousands now. Concerns rising about transmissible disease, lyme disease, chronic wasting disease. In the summer fall when crops are being grown and harvested. Deer are breading and are not out in the populated areas. July females lead the fawns to an isolated area. -12 million annual loss to agriculture in va just to deer. -6 million annual loss in vehicle collisions and personal injury claims in va caused by deer.
