The City has engaged in a lengthy study of deer management and designed a program to address the impact of deer on the City. On May 5, 2014, Ann Arbor City Council passed a resolution asking the City Administrator to report to Council on development of deer management strategies. On August 14, 2014, the City Administrator reported to Council, recommending a public outreach process and requesting funding to perform that process. On August 17, 2014, City Council approved $20,000 expenditure for the deer management process. On September 22, 2014, the City issued a request for proposals for a deer management consultant. A consultant was hired who conducted three public meetings - December 10, 2014; February 5, 2015; April 16, 2015. The consultant developed and deployed an online survey and conducted outreach to stakeholders. Working with the consultant, City staff issued deer management recommendations May 7, 2015. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) had been invited to present information about non-lethal deer management methods at the second public meeting, but it declined that invitation. After the May recommendations were issued, City Council allowed the HSUS was invited to give a presentation at a special session on July 13, 2015. On August 17, 2015, City Council passed a resolution adopting a deer management program. On November 5, 2015, City Council adopted a resolution imposing a temporary moratorium on the discharge of guns in parks to allow the deer cull to proceed. It also passed a resolution authorizing a contract with the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services to conduct the deer cull. These are a few links related to the subject. Web Sites Ann Arbor Deer Management Program - http://www.a2gov.org/departments/community-services/Pages/Deer-Management-Project-.aspx Ann Arbor Residents for Public Safety - http://www.savethedeer.info Friends of Ann Arbor Wildlife in Nature - http://www.faawn.org Washtenaw Citizens for Ecological Balance - https://www.wc4eb.org Local in Ann Arbor blog - http://localinannarbor.com/what-do-we-do-about-the-deer/ April 8, 2016 - When Animal Rights Sabotage the Natural World
News Articles
January 2, 2016 - http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2016/01/group_files_lawsuit_against_an.html (includes a link to the 97 page complaint)
December 4, 2015. http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2015/12/group_threatens_to_recall_seve.html Group aims to recall several Ann Arbor council members over deer cull, Ann Arbor News. "Sanzotta (is) leader of a group called Save the Deer Ann Arbor" April 10, 2015. http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2015/04/city_to_hold_final_meeting_on.html (third City deer management public meeting) February 06, 2015. http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2015/02/biologist_tells_ann_arbor_offi.html (second City deer management public meeting) December 11, 2014. http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2014/12/ann_arbor_residents_contemplat.html (first City deer management public meeting) |
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