These crazyass liberals in Md will do anything that doesn't makes sense. CUMBERLAND, Md. — Maryland has become the first state to approve the use of Gonacon, a deer birth control product, but the state's director of wildlife said Friday he can't imagine it ever being used in what he termed the open landscape. "This is the only immuno-contraceptive for deer that has federal approval," said Paul Peditto, director of the Wildlife and Heritage Service. "It was developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is registered with the Environmental Protection Agency. "We feel good about being the first jurisdiction to approve its use," Peditto said. "It shows we have an open mind, but is not a magic bullet for deer control. It is an option in very limited circumstances and will have virtually no consequence in terms of day-to-day deer management and deer hunting. It won't be used in 98 percent of the state." Peditto said the manpower and expense of applying the birth control chemical will limit its use. "It will cost up to $1,000 to apply it to a deer," Peditto said. The deer must first be shot via dart gun to tranquilize it before Gonacon can be injected. EPA requires that the deer be tagged so that it can be identified as having been treated. Another tag will state that the meat of the animal should not be consumed by humans. "It works on 80 percent of the deer that are injected," Peditto said. "The following year, however, half of those injected deer will become pregnant unless hand-injected a second time." Peditto said authority to sedate, inject and tag deer won't simply be turned over to a home owners association and its maintenance crew. Applicators must jump through several hoops, including registration, testing and association with a licensed veterinarian. Stephanie Boyles, a wildlife scientist with the Humane Society of the United States, said Friday that HSUS applauds Maryland for approving the use of Gonacon. She said the society has been a strong supporter and developer of contraceptive agents as a means of nonlethal wildlife management. "There is a demand for nonlethal options and now that Maryland has stepped forward we believe the DNR will start hearing from those who want to use that option," Boyles said. Boyles said she anticipates advances in the chemical makeup and delivery systems that will lessen the manpower and cost now involved in applying Gonacon. "Our vision is to be able to remotely dart the animal with the drug and tag. That way you don't have to capture it. There are always some animals that don't survive the trauma of the capture and processing, and we would like to eliminate that." Boyles expects, too, the development of a drug that will last more than one year. She said time-released injections are currently being studied. "There is a demand for nonlethal options and now that Maryland has stepped forward we believe the DNR will start hearing from those who want to use that option," Boyles said. Boyles said she anticipates advances in the chemical makeup and delivery systems that will lessen the manpower and cost now involved in applying Gonacon. "Our vision is to be able to remotely dart the animal with the drug and tag. That way you don't have to capture it. There are always some animals that don't survive the trauma of the capture and processing, and we would like to eliminate that." Boyles expects, too, the development of a drug that will last more than one year. She said time-released injections are currently being studied. This whole thing just reeks of stupidness
Can't even muster up a response to that nonsense... can we just chop them out of the country, along with California and a few other places all these liberals seem to settle and drop them off in France or somewhere like that? Geesh.
Could you imagine if some county homeless shelter suffered to provide food to people because the county "provided birth control for deer" at a rate of $1,000 per deer? Anyone that pushed that bill into law needs to be jack slapped and sent packing. Bring in some hunters to clean out the herd by 50%-60%. Donate the venison to the food banks and be done with it. MORONS>
I have been closely following this story over the past 2 weeks now. Don't worry.. most of what has been left out there by the media is irresponsible reporting. Maryland has NO intentions of using this drug what-so-ever unless in extreme cases where deer cannot be hunted for some reason... ie.. fenced in areas.. islands.. etc where deer are contained. "For the record the pesticide was approved for use on deer by the Environmental Protection Agency last year. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources adopted its policy on GonaCon after it was reviewed by the Wildlife Advisory Commission at its March meeting. The policy contained nothing new." The pesticide is 80 percent effective the first year, but drops off to 50 percent the second year. It's nothing special. Which is why it will also only be used in some extreme cases.
And then the meat is not edible. What a waste. What does a hunter do if he shoots one? The second tag says you can't eat the meat. The laws say you have to tag immediately. It is so screwed up. We'd be better off putting this drug in some tofu for these yuppies and tell them they can't eat it anymore. If you have an island with too many deer, open it up to some bowhunters. BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.... not in Maryland, home of the Pinko Liberals. And tax payer dollars no less. OR.... are they using Pitman Robinson funds for this? That's even worse.
Scared me for a second when I thought I saw MN instead of MD when glancing at the threads. Tree Huggers here have brought that up before when we are doing the sharpshooter city limit hunts.
Maybe MD could just hire some unemployed psychologist and pay them $1000 to talk to deer about the dangers of unprotected sex. At least that way it's not a complete waste of money - it would drop the unemployment rate and stimulate the economy.
