On April 28, the Farmington Hills City Council approved a resolution to conduct a deer cull to reduce the city’s “overpopulation” of deer. The Council referred to “increased deer-vehicle collisions, destruction of... residential landscapes, and potential exposure to diseases” as the basis supporting its claim that the deer must be killed to protect their residents. Only Council Member Michael Bridges voted against the baseless resolution to annually kill deer.

For 10 years, the city has failed to take any meaningful action to resolve its residents’ deer concerns. It is questionable that the City Council has now made an informed decision to kill the deer based on their residents' wellbeing. The council relied on only the opinion of and research conducted by the Michigan Department of Natur

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