<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0OzvHQ_1FBgIgSA00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0OzvHQ_1FBgIgSA00" width="1395" height="1046" ><figcaption>A fawn listens in to a CDBG meeting outside Euclid City Hall on May 29. (Frank Mecham- The News-Herald)</figcaption></figure>A proposal to develop a deer management program has moved forward in Euclid after City Councilman John Wojtila proposed an ordinance during Council’s Sept. 8 meeting.Wojtila said the idea of creating a deer management plan goes back to at least 2021, when they had five committee meetings on the subject. He added they did a large amount of research at that time, but once it came to vote on finalizing a plan, they couldn’t come up with a consensus.“The negative impacts of the overpopulation of deer are well documented and well known,” Wojtila said. “…I think the condition has gotten significantly worse in these five years, which is why I’m recommending this resolution as a sponsor.”“We actually did have an ordinance, it failed… in 2021,” Wojtila continued. “What we were voting on would have allowed bow hunting under certain conditions. The concern was safety, and again that vote failed.”Wojtila said that instead of bow hunters, he is now recommending hiring a private company of “sharpshooters” to come into the city similar to what Shaker Heights does.“It doesn’t matter the name of the company,” Wojtila said. “But they (Shaker Heights) engage a company to do their deer culling services. Whereas South Euclid does it through co-operative service agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services.”Euclid has also opened a survey on its social media pages and website, asking residents to engage with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division’s Urban Deer Issue Reporting Tool (UrbanDIRT) to get more feedback on deer impact in the municipality.Once a contract is agreed upon, a resolution would have to come back to Euclid City Council for approval before any sharpshooters, or other forms of population control, would be allowed in the city.Councilmember Tara Hannum of Ward 5 was the only vote against the resolution.</div></body>

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A proposal to develop a deer management program has moved forward in Euclid after City Councilman John Wojtila proposed an ordinance during Council’s Sept. 8 meeting. Wojtila said the idea of creating a deer management plan goes back to at least 2021, when they had five committee meetings on the subject. He added they did a large amount of research at that time, but once it came to vote on finalizing a plan, they couldn’t come up with a consensus.

Deer culling program proposed in Euclid

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A proposal to develop a deer management program has moved forward in Euclid after City Councilman John Wojtila proposed an ordinance during Council’s Sept.

Deer culling program proposed in Euclid

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