- Signatures: 1,268
- Goal: 1,000
- Deadline: 6-7-2007
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Email this PetitionThe North Park Village Nature Center (5801 N. Pulaski Rd.) has applied for the first deer kill permit within city limits and plans to bring sharpshooters into the park as early as September. They claim that the deer are overpopulated for the center’s acreage but have never shown that the deer actually reside there exclusively rather than in the forest preserve and cemeteries in the larger surrounding community. They also claim that the deer have destroyed trees and plants on their grounds, but have never quantified how much or explored simpler alternatives like fencing the affected trees or adding deer-friendly plantings.
We believe that the deer are a community resource and that the center has excluded us from the process of defining the issues, and if necessary, determining how to resolve them. Whether you are a park user, local resident, or concerned member of the community at large, please join us in taking action to preserve our deer.
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | City | Why are our deer meaningful to you? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,270 | 10:33 am PST, Nov 20 | Mr. | bobby kautzman | new york | they are god's gift to us and they are poetry in motion!!!!!!!!!!! |
| 1,269 | 7:00 am PST, Nov 15 | Susan Wojciechowski | Millington | they are god's creatures and deserve to live. | |
| 1,268 | 6:15 pm PST, Nov 5 | Virginia Borough | Avenel | They are amazing, beautiful creatures. No one should have the right to say we have "too many" of any living creature. Save the deer!! | |
| 1,267 | 9:36 am PST, Nov 3 | Ms. | Love Animals Too | Warwick | |
| 1,266 | 5:08 am PST, Nov 3 | Ms. | dianna barrella | Irvington | Last week in Orange County - Tackamack Town Park - a hunter shot and killed with a bow an arrow a husky that does not resemble even a deer or coyote. Besides the dog whelping in agonizing pain until it dies, which was witnessed by the owners of the dog - the hunter with no regard for the animal or it's owner - took off! Is that what you want in our town also? I ask who will be held legally responsible for any human who gets hit with a stray arrow while enjoying nature and walking in the in our woods? Bow hunting is among the cruelest forms of hunting. Many deer who are shot are merely wounded by arrows. Bow hunters routinely spend hours tracking the blood trails of deer struck by arrows before finding them. Three decades of research tells us that for every one or two animals struck by arrows and retrieved by bow hunters, another wounded animal disappears, never to be found. Please halt the bow hunting to kill deer and instead push for long-term deer-management methods that are more effective and humane. I would like to see birth control in a salt lick if possible, this is more safe for both the deer and humans. |
| 1,265 | 2:04 am PDT, Oct 24 | Ms. | Bianca_The_deer_Lover Bianca Loves All deers | South australia | Because I Love them soo Much Its soo sad I Love them so much it will touch ur heart i pray i help and when i grow up ile help these por creatures. |
| 1,264 | 1:46 pm PDT, Oct 17 | Ms. | Anonymous | Edgewater | Deer are part of Nature's Kingdom and they have the right to exist just as people do. Deer sharpshooters- hunters are "Cowards" killing defenseless animals. I guess they have nothing better to do to prove their skills and manhood! Of course they are "paid" to perform this tragic event. Blaming deer for car accidents is moronic.Speed and carelessness causes most accidents. I have many times saved deer on the side of the road just by slowing down and not flashing bright car lights at deer while driving.Enforcing speed limits and education and teaching children and adults that deer are precious as all wildlife is, should be of utmost importance to everyone. Sterilization and relocation are good alternatives.When we continue to upset the balance of nature by killing off innocent animals and wildlife the long range effects are frightening and devastating. Write to your congressman and state representatives to take heed and stop this tragic event -(deer kill,hunting in our parks) from happening altogether. |
| 1,263 | 10:03 am PDT, Sep 29 | Mr. | forest venkat | Madras | |
| 1,262 | 6:27 am PDT, Jul 14 | Steve. W | Cleveland | I have ALWAYS loved deer but never been an advocate for poaching them until yesterday when I watched my mom hit a deer and saw it fly in the air, slide across the pavement, and then attempt to limp across the road. It scarred me for life. I have never had so much compassion for an animal and realized that other options then killing them can be done, even if it is less convenient. | |
| 1,261 | 5:04 pm PDT, May 14 | Anonymous | austin | ||
| 1,260 | 7:26 am PDT, May 3 | JR Hodges | Lenexa | ||
| 1,259 | 12:39 am PDT, May 1 | Gillian Walker | Adelaide | ||
| 1,258 | 6:47 am PST, Feb 14 | Susan Bennett | Kansas City | They are timid animals. I will never understand why people enjoy "the hunt". What skill does it take to shoot an defenseless animal? | |
| 1,257 | 8:40 pm PST, Feb 13 | Ms. | Susan Ferrara | Lancaster | |
| 1,256 | 8:12 am PST, Feb 9 | Mrs. | dina douthitt | rochester hills | I love the deer! We moved here from Chicago to get to nature and now our city council is killing 200 deer. What about deer whistles that only they can hear, sterilization or relocation? I want this to stop now!!! Until a better solution can be found!!! |
| 1,255 | 10:09 am PST, Jan 20 | Mrs. | porla garratt | Manchester | EVERYTHING HAS A RIGHT TO LIVE AND EVERYTHING HAS A REASON!! ANIMAL RIGHTS...HUMAN WRONGS!!! SHAME ON YOU !!!!!!! |
| 1,254 | 10:39 am PST, Dec 28 | Caroline McLean | Jacksonville | I love deer and no wild animal deserves to be shot. | |
| 1,253 | 1:07 am PST, Dec 28 | Ms. | Anonymous | beverly hills | ATTENTION ALL DEER LOVERS. LETS GO AFTER THIS BRAT OF A DEER HUNTER His name is Gunnar Eudy. His dad is celebrity pro-wrestler Sid Eudy aka Psycho Sid Vicious. Here is is myspace site where he shows them off. http://www.myspace.com/366324635 I don't know any anti-hunting forums where I can show his MySpace on to get some people to send him the nasty messages that he really deserves, but I thought that you would know, and pass his myspace along to other anti-hunting folks! |
| 1,252 | 7:15 am PST, Dec 27 | Mrs. | Filomena Pereira | Melksham-wiltshire | |
| 1,251 | 7:41 am PST, Dec 26 | Jeff Hynes | Euclid | ||
| 1,250 | 6:59 pm PST, Dec 11 | Mrs. | Alla Dmytriieva | somerset | I just love animals |
| 1,249 | 10:38 pm PST, Dec 6 | Ms. | AnimalWarrior Martz | Indianapolis | |
| 1,248 | 12:21 pm PST, Nov 20 | Ms. | Giuliana Deaconu | Rochester Hills | Enforcing the speed limit and education will reduce all accidents including the ones involving the deer. Hunting the deer will increase the herd size. It is called the compensatory rebound effect. These are the times to live in harmony with nature and not to divide communities, to find permanent solutions such as sterilization, to teach great values to the kids instead of more violence and killing and to reevaluate our driving skills. We are the tax payers and our voices should not be ignored. Those who use weapons to kill defenseless animals are not sportsmen, they are COWARDS. If two of your neighbors argued, what would be your advice? Check this site and provide your town with the facts. Humans are causing the accidents not the deer and they should channel their effort in choosing permanent solutions such as special reflectors,signage, sterilization. Instead of being driven by a power struggle. http://www.semcog.org/Data/bysubject.cfm |
| 1,246 | 9:11 pm PST, Nov 11 | Mr. | Joshua Cayton | elizabeth city | because i love deer they dont need to die. |
| 1,245 | 8:36 pm PDT, Sep 4 | Ms. | Laurel Watson | Maricopa | |
| 1,244 | 1:29 pm PDT, Aug 31 | Mr. | Gage Beck | Newberry | SAVE THE DEER. THEY DON'T DESERVE TO BE KILLED |
| 1,243 | 3:52 pm PDT, Aug 28 | Mrs. | LESLY ALBARRACIN | SHELTON | ITS JUST A HARMLESS CREATURE.. |
| 1,242 | 9:18 am PDT, Jul 31 | Ms. | maria arellano | south euclid | I just have respect for all living things. |
| 1,240 | 4:12 pm PDT, Apr 29 | Mrs. | Catherine Godfrey | Lindsay | |
| 1,239 | 6:22 am PDT, Apr 29 | Ms. | Mystical Path | Mystical Town | |
| 1,238 | 2:55 pm PDT, Apr 28 | Mr. | JAMES SULLIVAN | Chicago | |
| 1,237 | 12:10 pm PDT, Apr 28 | Arlette Scharer | Bidogno | ||
| 1,236 | 9:42 am PDT, Apr 28 | Ms. | Diana Martz - Animalspirit | Indianapolis | |
| 1,235 | 9:26 am PDT, Apr 28 | Mr. | Cory Ferguson | Martinsburg | There is nothing more beautiful than to see a deer wondering through a meadow or forest. |
| 1,234 | 8:37 am PDT, Apr 28 | Ms. | Alison Jones | Melksham | |
| 1,233 | 5:30 am PDT, Apr 28 | Kim Szabo | De Land | ||
| 1,232 | 4:41 am PDT, Apr 28 | Mr. | Evert Jan Klein Velderman | Raamsdonksveer | |
| 1,231 | 4:17 am PDT, Apr 28 | FreeSpirit Running | Spring Hill | ||
| 1,230 | 3:22 am PDT, Apr 28 | Mrs. | Pearl Millard | Leyton | |
| 1,229 | 8:21 am PDT, Apr 26 | Mrs. | Lynn Lie | Surabaya | |
| 1,228 | 1:00 pm PDT, Apr 13 | Suzie Gordon | Claremont | ||
| 1,227 | 7:35 pm PDT, Apr 8 | Ms. | Dee Prado | Charlotte | Man is killing everything in the air, in the sea and on the land. What will happen when all the animals are gone? The beginning of the end. |
| 1,226 | 10:25 am PDT, Apr 3 | Ms. | Marty Thats Me | Windsor Ontario | |
| 1,225 | 4:19 am PDT, Mar 27 | Mrs. | Shannon Sultan | Milwaukee | |
| 1,224 | 5:10 pm PDT, Mar 10 | Amy Cordes | Collingswood | They are living breathing animals just like us. | |
| 1,223 | 4:45 pm PST, Mar 4 | Mr. | Anonymous | West Chester | This deer is our family on my backyard and township proterty. "Save our Deer" |
| 1,222 | 3:12 pm PST, Mar 3 | Robert Redmon | Dayton | ||
| 1,221 | 7:10 pm PST, Feb 25 | Nicolas BELLEUDY | Allauch | ||
| 1,220 | 5:45 pm PST, Feb 19 | Marie-Rose HECKMANN | Marseille | ||
| 1,219 | 5:24 am PST, Feb 18 | geneviève Pieroni | Fuveau | ||
| 1,218 | 2:28 am PST, Feb 17 | terry l. west | Morgantown | ||
| 1,217 | 7:16 pm PST, Feb 15 | Elizabeth Bullins | seagrove | I love deer | |
| 1,216 | 3:07 pm PST, Feb 13 | Tatiana Costa | Sao Paulo | ||
| 1,215 | 3:11 am PST, Feb 13 | Arnaud Hussard | Marseille | ||
| 1,214 | 10:50 pm PST, Feb 10 | Laurel Watson | Maricopa | ||
| 1,213 | 6:53 am PST, Feb 9 | RIVER FRANCE | Guelph | ||
| 1,212 | 5:52 pm PST, Feb 4 | Andrée Hussard | Marseille | ||
| 1,211 | 7:19 am PST, Jan 30 | Kyna Crain | Great Falls | ||
| 1,210 | 5:30 am PST, Jan 27 | Alessandro Barracciu | Oristano | ||
| 1,209 | 5:29 am PST, Jan 27 | Laura Tatti | Oristano | I love deers,I love all animals | |
| 1,208 | 11:09 am PST, Jan 19 | Karen Gray | Indianapolis | ||
| 1,207 | 7:23 am PST, Jan 15 | jean-damien Susini | planfoy | ||
| 1,206 | 7:22 am PST, Jan 15 | chantal Chavassieux | marseille | ||
| 1,205 | 10:06 am PST, Jan 13 | Annie Bertrand | Marseille | ||
| 1,204 | 8:58 pm PST, Jan 12 | Ms. | Bri Anderson | Chesterton | I have always loved them |
| 1,203 | 3:22 pm PST, Jan 2 | Mrs. | michelle hardwick | granitecity | Ilove any and all of gods creatures if we keep taking there habitat and killing them just think how empty the world would be we all know the effects man has had on our wildlife its time we save and learn to live side by side with gods creatures i believe that is what god intended |
| 1,201 | 8:47 am PST, Dec 31 | rachel thomas | Havelock |
Save Our Deer
Deer and other urban wildlife are a valuable part of our community. We believe that the North Park Village Nature Center's deer-kill policy is inconsistent with North Park Village's environmental platform, and that sharpshooters or other violent means of deer removal are at odds with the spirit of the City of Chicago's anti-gun ordinances. We call for the withdrawal of North Park Village's deer-kill permit application and the ongoing preservation of our local deer.
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