Not since crazed activists stormed grocery stores to eulogize slaughtered chickens has the animal rights community done something quite this ridiculous.
The St. Louis suburb of Town and Country, Missouri, has been plagued by accidents in recent years. Due to an explosion in the deer population, auto vs deer incidents have become as ubiquitous as Walgreens locations or local radio stations playing one (or all) of fifty versions of “Last Christmas” between October and January.
In an effort to control the deer population, the city spent nearly $50,000 to hire sharpshooters tasked with reducing the population in the hopes that the accidents would also become less frequent. So far, though, the measure seems to have failed. And the citizens are speaking out.
If their complaint was simply that a municipality was spending taxpayer monies on an initiative that failed, this would not be a story. But instead, Town and Country residents are taking to the streets with an entirely different purpose.
Thursday, January 8, 2015, they plan to meet at the corner of Clayton and Mason Roads. Once there, they will hold a candlelight vigil to recognize the lives of the deer that have been killed thus far due to this program. I plan to celebrate the event in the warmth of my own home. In fact, I think a crockpot of venison stew may be in order.
No word has been announced yet on upcoming vigils to memorialize the human lives lost in deer vs automobile incidents.
