Rally to oppose deer hunt idea in Fairfield

FAIR????Field
Are you kidding ???
You got more problems than this!!!!
Killing Fields Ha !!!! What is the Merritt Parkway with the deer strikes???? How many $$$$ in Auto Damage!! How many Injuries????
What are you goingh to do Ban Cars????
You are kidding with all the $$$$$ loses in Fairfield due tyo poor management---Why don't you protest that ???
Do something really usefull with your lives!!!!
As Far as the ethics board---How about doing really something Investigate the Rairlroad station dealings for one thing !!!!
MONEY FLEW and OUT Of TOUCH Taxpayers Knew !!!!!

Oh no here comes PETA and Friends of Animals run for your lives. You will wish you did not mess with them.

Deer will die of being hungry, if there are too many of them. Connecticut Sam and I believe that people should only kill the kind of animals that people eat.

With the number of cases of Lyme Disease we already have, if we don't eliminate them, there will be an even bigger increase of people getting bitten by deer ticks. They are the biggest carriers of the tick that produces Lyme. Go up on the Merritt or Rt. 8 any day of the week and you will see them lying on the side of the road because they get hit by cars. The risk of hitting them is also increasing and people are getting hurt. For the sake of human health, They need to decrease the deer population and this is the only way. And yes, some people do eat deer meat.

Connecticut Sam and I agree with Friends of Animals and Makes Sense.

I live in Fairfield and I constantly have deer on my property. I also have family members with lyme disease. Deer cause personal property destruction and spread disease. Their population needs to be responsibly controlled because they are a health hazard. Are deer pretty, yes. Animal lovers ask yourself this - If the problem were rats, would we even be having this conversation?

Fairfield is just too over-developed and populated to allow hunting. And deer ticks feed on all mammals, so why not kill or outlaw all dogs/cats/rodents etc.? Killing a few deer will not end the spread of Lyme Disease. I think if people don't want to be bothered by wildlife they should move to a city and stop their complaining.

In the last 45+ years I have lived in Fairdale, nort south, east and west sides. And yes I have deer in my back yard. In fact I almost hit one in my driveway. Just Sunday I almost cliped one coming off exit 21.

Give Me A Break wrote:

I live in Fairfield and I constantly have deer on my property. I also have family members with lyme disease. Deer cause personal property destruction and spread disease. Their population needs to be responsibly controlled because they are a health hazard. Are deer pretty, yes. Animal lovers ask yourself this - If the problem were rats, would we even be having this conversation?

Deer do not cause lyme disease. Deer do not get it or carry it. Black-legged tick can choose from 40 hosts. other animals, carries the disease. Songbirds, mice, small mammals, dogs, cats and humans - do you want to kill them all too?

I also have family members with Lyme disease and friensd. Not one of those people blames deer. Experts agree the way to guard against lyme disease is to do body checks.

Property destruction?? Plant different plants and get over it.

Car deer collisions? Not nearly as devastating as the drunk drivers on the road and irresponsible drivers causing fatal accidents on I 95.

Give me a break!

People, educate yourselves instead of blindly following others.

Makes Sense wrote:

With the number of cases of Lyme Disease we already have, if we don't eliminate them, there will be an even bigger increase of people getting bitten by deer ticks. They are the biggest carriers of the tick that produces Lyme. Go up on the Merritt or Rt. 8 any day of the week and you will see them lying on the side of the road because they get hit by cars. The risk of hitting them is also increasing and people are getting hurt. For the sake of human health, They need to decrease the deer population and this is the only way. And yes, some people do eat deer meat.

There is no such creature as a "deer tick". It's the black-legged tick.

Where on earth did you get the idea that deer are the biggest carriers? That is simply wrong.

For the sake of human health, educate yourself on how to guard against Lyme disease.

Experts agree that reducing deer will not show a decrease in Lyme.

Where are your numbers proving that there is an increased risk of hitting them? That is simply not true!

Rebel Rouser wrote:

In the last 45+ years I have lived in Fairdale, nort south, east and west sides. And yes I have deer in my back yard. In fact I almost hit one in my driveway. Just Sunday I almost cliped one coming off exit 21.

where's Fairdale? And if you mean Fairfield, if you've lived here for 45 years, why don't you know how to spell it?

Monroe resident wrote:

Fairfield is just too over-developed and populated to allow hunting. And deer ticks feed on all mammals, so why not kill or outlaw all dogs/cats/rodents etc.? Killing a few deer will not end the spread of Lyme Disease. I think if people don't want to be bothered by wildlife they should move to a city and stop their complaining.

there is deer hunting already in fairfield on private property....and no one injured ever...so hunting would be fine just like every other sport that happens in town.

Educate yourselves wrote:

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There is no such creature as a "deer tick". It's the black-legged tick.
Where on earth did you get the idea that deer are the biggest carriers? That is simply wrong.
For the sake of human health, educate yourself on how to guard against Lyme disease.
Experts agree that reducing deer will not show a decrease in Lyme.
Where are your numbers proving that there is an increased risk of hitting them? That is simply not true!

they are deer ticks ...its what they are called many animals have different names. they are called deer ticks because they are found mostly on deer. every real expert, and by real i mean a scientist not a peta/hsus wacko knows that deer populations directly impact lymes disease.
its ok that you are against hunting..welcome to america..but please stop lying.

Educate yourselves wrote:

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where's Fairdale? And if you mean Fairfield, if you've lived here for 45 years, why don't you know how to spell it?

oh and fairdale is a nickname long time townies have for fairfield...again like black legged tick and deer tick...they are the same

Educate yourselves wrote:

<quoted text>
There is no such creature as a "deer tick". It's the black-legged tick.
Where on earth did you get the idea that deer are the biggest carriers? That is simply wrong.
For the sake of human health, educate yourself on how to guard against Lyme disease.
Experts agree that reducing deer will not show a decrease in Lyme.
Where are your numbers proving that there is an increased risk of hitting them? That is simply not true!

oh here is a jama article on the subject....you would agree they are experts no?

they call it a deer tick...and they mention in the first paragraph deer and lyme disease.

or are they in on the pro hunter conspiracy????

My cousin got Lyme disease from a tick bite a few years back and she still suffers some painful symptoms from it. The infectious disease specialist she saw referred to it as deer tick, also known as oxides tick. Granted, other animals carry ticks as well, but deer are the best known carriers.

So, now I am gonna sound like some redneck, but I cannot even understand how this is an issue?
Growing up in the south (and yes I am college educated and still have all my teeth) we hunted with my dad for deer. We used the meat in stews and on kabobs, etc...
Deer are all over the place here. We moved here and have had talks about it since we moved about the number of dead deer on the side of the road.
I am all for protecting endangered species or batteling animal abuse, but I am not in support of folks thinning the herds of deer so they can drive safer on the roads.

I meant to say I am NOT in support of telling folks they cannot hunt deer in order to make roads safer.

had to beat the spell checkers on here lol

These protesters should be the ones hunted!