1. Urban Deer Issue of Shawnee Mission Park By: Prashant Deshmukh

2. Population Leap Today = 20 million Year 1900 = 0.5 Million

3. Why Population Increased? Predators Hunting Seasons Ordinance

4. Objectives Of Study Whether decision of Shawnee mission park to reduce deer herd was correct? What could have been the best method to reduce the deer herd? Comparison of different methods to control , and which was best in Shawnee case?

5. Shawnee Mission Park…. Shawnee Mission Park, a multi-use, 1,250 acre park is located at 79th Renner road, Shawnee, Kansas. Most-visited park in the entire state of Kansas

6. Satellite View Image source : Wikimapia

7. Normal Density 25/Square mile

8. Density at Shawnee Mission Park 180/Square mile

9. Split Of Opinions

10. Protest

12. Deer -Human Conflict Deer related vehicle accidents Year Data : Kansas Dept of Transportation

13. Deer -Human Conflict Cost of deer related accidents Year Data : Kansas Dept of Transportation

14. Deer -Human Conflict Zoonosis

15. Zoonotic Diseases Spread By Deer Lyme Disease Rocky mountain spotted fever Eherlicosis

16. Deer Human Conflict Deer related tick risk areas in Kansas

17. SCWDS Protocol for APC Southeastern co-operative wildlife disease studies

18. Anatomy of Ruminant Stomach

19. Life cycle of Abomasal Nematodes

20. Abomasal Parasite Count of White Tail Deer

21. Why not sterilization or relocation Stress Of Immobilization Repeated Estrous and Increase In number of accidents Cost Involved

22. Stress of Immobilization Wildlife society bulletin 1997 STX – Succinylcholine chloride + Tiletamine HCL + Zolazepam HCL + Xylazine HCL

23. Deer Related Accidents During Rut

24. Comparison Of Methods of Deer Population Control

25. Conclusion Deer are not healthy and damaging habitat Possible spread of diseases Deer -Human conflict Whether Population can be checked by sterilization Relocation

26. Acknowledgement Kansas Department Of Wildlife And Park Department Of Biological Sciences Emporia State University Dr. Lloyd Fox (Big game co-coordinator KDWP) Dr.Lynnette Sievert Jeff Prendergast

27. Thank you

28. Questions & Comments