Rothesay Mayor Bill Bishop tells CHSJ News it will be up to Natural Resources to come up with a plan, if any, and concedes the options are limited but there's no doubt people are being adversely affected and want something done. The big question is what that might be.
Bishop says he's amazed at how many car accidents are happening because of the deer roaming all over the place and there is also a concern about Lyme Disease from ticks found on deer, the effects of which can be debilitating.
Bishop says one suggestion was to tranquilize the deer and transfer them to other places where there's a scarcity but that is no only expensive, the death rate among the deer who are taken away to another location is high.
A few years ago, Natural Resources made the suggestion of bringing in archers for a cull which has been done in other jurisdictions with some success.
