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Valley Forge Deer-Kill Criticized

Valley Forge is a National Historical Park. Neighbors have concerns about bullets zipping into neighborhoods. Some are concerned about the deer because park officials intend to have federal employees or contractors kill them with high-powered, silencer- equipped rifles, at night. The deer will be lured to areas baited with apples and grain. They plan to kill well over 1,000 deer.

Dr. Jay Kirkpatrick and Dr. Allen Rutberg have documented how contraceptives can dramatically reduce deer populations over time. Priscilla

Cohn is a PA State U professor emerita whose group, Pity Not Cruelty, would pay for contraception and special fencing. She said her plan would cost $125,000, a fraction of the cost of killing the deer, but park administration said her proposal was far too small and limited.

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