Having lived along the eastern coast for the past 45 years, I, too, have seen where the deer population has gotten out of hand in recent decades. First, let us look at a few things pointed out in the article.
I lived in New Jersey for 25 years on a .25 lot surrounded by woods. It was beautiful to see the occasional deer in the morning, but as strip malls were built, lots being sold for development, it pushed these peaceful animals farther and farther out of their natural habitat and onto my property where they looked for shrubs, especially arborvitae trees, that they do decimate, never to return to full bloom the following year.
Since I have lived in Delaware, owing a few acres of property, I have again noticed the increase in deer, fox, opossum on my property. When I bought the property, I was surrounded by woods and beautiful landscape as far as the eye can see. Now, developers are the culprit of decimating the land, building strip malls, condos and townhouses and a slew of 55 and over communities where there was once quite open land.
Yes, ticks are a problem and transmit Lyme disease. Let us look at this, poultry, fowl, and opossum eat ticks. Fox eat mice which is credited with being the chief reservoir for Lyme disease. Do you know how many fox and opossum I've seen killed along side Route 9? They are being forced out of their natural environment and into our backyards and onto our highways thus, aiding in the Lyme disease epidemic.
No, the deer population hasn't gotten worse; its the overdevelopment of the land in Sussex that is forcing the unnatural balance of nature. We all have to share the planet and no one species has a right to take it from another species for their own greed.
Lets look at preserving what is left of Sussex County and start challenging the developers who are taking the land for their own financial greed. Let us stop attacking mother nature for the imbalance that man has caused and let’s all try to come together to take back the land from developers and Realtors, and help to restore some sense of harmony.
Pamela Sabo
Milton
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