Re: Hold the deer killers to account!

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:06:47 +0100, Malcolm
<Malcolm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


In article <h0uaf25sg764ldkem2cku9516ajcdr6hd2@xxxxxxx>,
amacmil304@xxxxxxx writes
Insurance companies are obviously be aware that deer collisions are
responsible for a significant number of claims but are they aware that
a contributory factor could be the effect of hunting/stalking estates
causing deer to run blindly across adjacent roads?

In 2000, the Erie Insurance Group of America conducted a survey into
the effect of hunting on deer collisions. They concluded, "Erie
Insurance received an average of 39 deer claims a day during 1999.
That number rose nearly four times on the first day of buck season and
doe season to 147 and 123 deer losses, respectively." So, the two
days one is most likely to hit a deer were on the opening day of buck
and doe seasons".

I understand in a later survey these figures increased to 157 and 160
deer losses, respectively.

There surely can't be a better case than this that hunting/stalking
directly causes these accidents.

The bottom line is that if hunting/stalking estates are contributing
to deer collisions in the UK either by disturbance from shooting or by
the artificially high number of deer they require to make their
businesses viable, they should be held to account.

If you are genuinely concerned about deer collisions with traffic, then
write into the following consultation and offer the proposals your
fullest support.

http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/deer%2Dmanagement/


Don't worry, Malcolm. It's all in hand.


Angus Macmillan
www.roots-of-blood.org.uk
www.killhunting.org
www.con-servation.org.uk

All truth passes through three stages:
First, it is ridiculed;
Second, it is violently opposed; and
Third, it is accepted as self-evident.
-- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
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