Urge City of Rockville, Maryland, to End Cruel Deer Killing Program!

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Officials in Rockville, Maryland, recently allowed bowhunting—one of the cruelest forms of killing—with the intention of reducing the local deer population.

photo of deer with aarow piercing through their skin

Bowhunters routinely spend hours tracking the blood trails of wounded animals, and many victims are lost, eventually succumbing unseen to their injuries. Families are torn apart, and orphaned young are left to starve. Reports of wounded deer wandering around neighborhoods with arrows protruding from their bodies or careening wildly onto busy roadways are not uncommon.

Killing also backfires, because the resultant spike in the food supply prompts accelerated breeding among survivors and inevitable newcomers and populations then increase. PETA apprised officials of the futility, dangers, and cruelty of this approach but to no apparent avail.

photo of beautiful deer in the woods

Please politely ask Rockville's mayor and city council members to scrap killing for humane control methods—then forward this alert to everyone you know.

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Mayor

and Council

City of Rockville

Message to {contact_data~firstName} {contact_data~lastName}:

I was horrified to learn that you opened public lands to private bow hunters to bait and cruelly kill deer, even though you knew this would not reduce human conflicts with deer. I’m writing today to urge you to end this cruel killing program.

Deer are gentle animals who will thrive in urban areas as long as steady food sources are available. Killing them doesn’t reduce their numbers. It can cause their numbers to increase because the spike in food supply triggers accelerated breeding among survivors and newcomers.

Bow hunting is never humane. Deer shot with crossbows may run wildly onto busy roads and can suffer for hours or even days before bleeding to death. Others live for months or years, wandering around neighborhoods with arrows protruding from their bodies. By targeting mothers and their young, your killing program tears families apart and leaves orphaned young to starve.

Will you please stop this senseless slaughter and use humane control methods instead?

Sincerely,
{user_data~First Name} {user_data~Last Name}
{user_data~EMail Address}

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