Another great letter from MikeP
02/23/06 - Posted from the Daily Record newsroom
Contraception does not work
To the Editor:
I'd like to respond to the misleading letter written by Janet Piszar.
In her letter she states; "Removing deer greatly accelerates their proliferation."
In typical anti-hunter style, the author offered no evidence to support the claim. She didn't offer any evidence because that would defeat her purpose, which was to mislead the nonhunting public.
The fact is that according to an unbiased, four-year study conducted by 10 independent biologists, "Hunting is currently the only feasible method of regulating deer populations on a large scale."
She also stated; "In the end, immunocontraception for wildlife will be the answer."
The fact is, while there is much misleading information in animal-rights publications about immunocontraception, and although millions of dollars have been spent on wildlife fertility control, there is no workable birth control for wild populations of animals.
If a workable drug and delivery method is ever found, New Jersey would need to administer more than 50,000 doses, resulting in a minimum cost of more than $55 million annually.
The truth is that hunting is the method recommended by conservation groups to control deer populations, and that immunocontraception is impractical, counterproductive and absolutely unworkable on wild populations of deer.
MICHAEL POE
New Providence
and janet go s**t in a hat..
