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Georgia DNR outlines limits and options for urban deer control; council asks staff for archery program plan
Summary
A Georgia DNR biologist told Peachtree City officials fertility control and relocation are not legal or effective in Georgia and outlined urban archery and USDA sharpshooter culls as viable management options; council asked staff to return with a program and cost comparison.
Peachtree City — Emily Rapac, a biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Urban Wildlife program, briefed council members on urban deer management and recommended options for Peachtree City's overabundant urban deer population.
Rapac described three carrying-capacity concepts — biological, ecological and social — and said nonlethal measures (fencing, hazing) often fail in dense suburban conditions. She told councilors fertility control is not an approved or…
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