Former “The Price Is Right” host Bob Barker has written a letter urging Rockville residents to tell their city officials not to kill the deer in the area.
Earlier this month, Rockville put out a request for public input on the seven recommendations the city’s 16-person White-tailed Deer Management Task Force presented to help the city manage an overgrown deer population. Two of the recommendations would require a change in the law — allowing backyard fences to be as tall as 10 feet or reducing the deer population by killing them off.
Barker has asked residents to write to Mayor Phyllis Marcuccio and members of the city council not to kill the deer.
“… deer shot by arrows often linger for days in agony,” he said. “Not fair for the deer who has been hit, not fair for the other deer who are witness to this; and not fair to the youngster who might encounter that deer while walking to school.”
People with comments should send them to [email protected] or by mail to Deer Task Force, City Hall, 111 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD 20850 by 5 p.m. on Sept. 9. City officials plan to discuss the issue at a meeting on Oct. 24.
