Deer dangers: Deer can do more than nibble your plants -- here's how to keep deer away, or at least lessen the problems they create
Friday, October 10, 2014
It's hard to live in suburbia these days and be unaware of the difficulties deer can cause homeowners. They lunch on your landscape and brazenly cross busy roads at the worst possible times. But did you know deer can carry parasites that transmit debilitating diseases to people? Or that nationally, deer versus car collisions claim about 200 lives per year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?
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