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January 10, 2017

Deer in NYC park exposes a wildlife rift

  • How much should humans step in to help troubled wildlife?
    • By MICHAEL HILL
    Associated Press

    ALBANY, N.Y. — A dramatic, ultimately tragic tussle over a one-antlered deer that somehow wandered into a tiny Manhattan park has cast a spotlight on a simple question: How much should humans step in to help troubled wildlife?

    Recent guidelines by New York state officials mandating limited intervention by wildlife “rehabilitators” stirred heated debate and a lawsuit even before last month's case of the white-tailed buck that became a celebrity for about two weeks when it appeared in Harlem's Jackie Robinson Park.


     
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