Dalton Gardens Bans Deer Feeding

Nearly 50 people turned out Thursday night at Dalton Gardens City Hall for a public hearing on a no-feeding-deer ordinance. The council approved the ordinance following public comment, with residents either firmly in favor or strongly opposed. City officials have been working for years to find solutions to the city’s burgeoning deer population. The council also approved signing a contract with a trapper who will try and capture as many as 25 deer this winter and move them to a wildlife management area south of Coeur d’Alene. The trapping starts next month. Resident Les Likes asked the council to consider who would have the “blood on their hands” if a coyote or cougar - drawn into town because of the deer - goes after somebody’s kid/ David Cole , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here .