Who'd a fuckin thunk it.The study takers with another fucking study.It's so non-counter intuitive.
Fewer deer may mean less Lyme disease
“We found that reducing deer density by ≥87% resulted in a significant reduction in tick abundance, nearly a 50% reduction in tick infection rate, and an 80% reduction in resident-reported human cases of Lyme disease,” the authors wrote. “Our study demonstrated that deer populations can be manipulated to reduce human interactions with deer, infected nymphal ticks, and human risk of contracting Lyme disease.”
“Reducing deer populations to levels that reduce the potential for ticks to successfully breed should be an important component of any long-term strategy seeking to reduce the risk of people contracting Lyme disease,” they concluded. “Additionally, good hunter access to deer habitat and a wide variety of management tools (bait, unlimited tags, incentive programs) are important components of a successful deer reduction strategy.”
I should advertise I could have told them that for 20 dollars.Expect push back from the Bambi brigade they just love forest rats.
Their logic would dictate there be less humans to reduce human interactions with deer.
H/T www.realclearscience.com
Fewer deer may mean less Lyme disease
“We found that reducing deer density by ≥87% resulted in a significant reduction in tick abundance, nearly a 50% reduction in tick infection rate, and an 80% reduction in resident-reported human cases of Lyme disease,” the authors wrote. “Our study demonstrated that deer populations can be manipulated to reduce human interactions with deer, infected nymphal ticks, and human risk of contracting Lyme disease.”
“Reducing deer populations to levels that reduce the potential for ticks to successfully breed should be an important component of any long-term strategy seeking to reduce the risk of people contracting Lyme disease,” they concluded. “Additionally, good hunter access to deer habitat and a wide variety of management tools (bait, unlimited tags, incentive programs) are important components of a successful deer reduction strategy.”
I should advertise I could have told them that for 20 dollars.Expect push back from the Bambi brigade they just love forest rats.
Their logic would dictate there be less humans to reduce human interactions with deer.
H/T www.realclearscience.com