| Many cities and towns in the North Country have | | | | seriousness and respects you are doing a great |
| many what could be considered still natural areas that | | | | disservice to these deer and indeed may be putting |
| support white tailed deer. Urban deer populations | | | | them in great risk further on in time. |
| benefit from abundant food and shelter. They have | | | | Why would feed ordinary deer be a disservice to |
| few natural predators and bylaws usually prohibit the | | | | deer populations and indeed put them into risk later? |
| hunting of local deer within the city or municipal areas. | | | | First of all feeding deer especially during the |
| Some people consider them wonderful and a joyous | | | | wintertime season maintains artificially high deer |
| sight to see while others consider the local deer a | | | | populations. This can make the deer themselves |
| pest. In some locales - such as at the Winnipeg | | | | more susceptible to starvation and disease that might |
| Manitoba international airport deer can be considered | | | | not have occurred ordinarily without your feeding of |
| a serious pest in terms of safety when it comes to | | | | the deer. |
| blocking airport runways and created a natural or | | | | Deer are very intelligent creatures. They quickly learn |
| what might be considered an unnatural hazard and | | | | and become accustomed to food handouts and |
| hazards to the arriving aircraft on the long runways | | | | especially friendly food handouts from such fine |
| of the Winnipeg Canada airport. | | | | people as you. It can be said that deer fed by |
| While deer can sometimes and often damage | | | | humans, lose their fear of humans amazingly quickly |
| shrubbery, gardens, ornamental and fruit trees as well | | | | and with speed. This puts both the deer and people |
| as damage both private and public properties, they | | | | (who may not have fed the deer themselves) at |
| normally are only considered a nuisance except of | | | | greater risk. It is amazing to note, that another |
| course if they do wander on those runways or onto | | | | person who takes the time to approach a tamed |
| roads where they can cause considerable damage to | | | | deer rather easily, and then does not feed the deer |
| both vehicles on the road and highways and of | | | | risks the ire of the animal. Imagine a dog or cat |
| course to the poor deer as well. | | | | accustomed to be given a reward of food getting |
| What are basic rules, steps and procedures when it | | | | agitated and angry when no food handout is in order. |
| comes to observing and to a great extent living | | | | Imagine then a much larger and generally aggressive |
| peaceably and in harmony with other these deer - | | | | wild animal in such a situation. Not a good idea overall |
| who are other members of nature? | | | | for some hapless human in the wrong place at the |
| First and foremost make a solid rule never to feed | | | | wrong time thinking how cute it would be get close |
| these deer. It is more than singly important that | | | | to what they consider to be almost a household |
| people do not feed the deer. Deer can find natural | | | | domesticated pet - though in this case a still very |
| food sources and can amazingly survive most well, | | | | large still wild deer. |
| when left simply alone. You may think that you are | | | | If there is one simple message in dealing with white |
| being a sport and helping the deer with a handout of | | | | tail deer who just happen to live in your area that is |
| food, or food left out for these fine animals. In all | | | | don't feed the deer. |