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    Deer population in the United States has increased in numbers massively in the recent years. The deer population in North America when the europeans arrived has to have been over 50 million. With uncontrolled hunting, since being protected and reintroduced in many places, the deer population has become a major overpopulation problem that is much more than what the land can support, there are an estimated 100 million or so deer in the U.S. Now there are one or more species found across the United

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    Oh Deer, one might say when seeing that a deer have eaten their planets from their garden or almost hit a deer while driving or even just when observing them in their backyard or while hunting. More times than not when the discussion of deer occurs it’s extremely evident that the issue of overpopulation is brought into the conversation and as to how this a direct causation as to why a deer ate all a persons planets or why they almost hit one while driving. Through my research examining as to why

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    Deer Overpopulation and Some Proposed Solutions   When people talk about deer, they are commonly talking about the North American Whitetail. That is because they are so prevalent in this country. They can be found in every state in the US. The only place where you will not find any whitetails is in parts of Arizona and California. In most states the whitetail is very prevalent, especially in the northeast. They are one of the most hunted animals in this area, particularly in Pennsylvania and

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    programs rescued deer, elk, bears, turkeys and more from disappearing. Hunting benefits the environment and the economy due to the risk of overpopulation of animals, the taxes on hunting license and hunting equipment, jobs, along with the crops planted by hunters feeds the animals. “In the early twentieth century, there were approximately 500,000 white-tailed deer inhabiting the United States.”(Swihart) “Since then, several studies have been conducted proving that there are problems with deer overpopulation

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    Overpopulation or Over Exaggeration? Overpopulation is progressively destroying our planet by exhausting our natural resources which leads to a higher cost of living and an increase in our carbon footprint. A person’s carbon footprint can be measured by the total amount of greenhouse gasses a person creates. This is calculated by the C02 (carbon dioxide) and CH4 (methane) created directly and indirectly by means of transportation, energy usage, and resource consumption. We may not see the full

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    Earth is currently in the midst of the sixth mass extinction in the past half-billion years, and it is predicted that 30% to 50% of all species could be headed to extinction by around the year 2050. Human activities are responsible for 99% of these extinctions, whether through human-induced global warming or encouraging habitat losses. Although recreational hunting isn’t a big contributor to this mass extinction, it goes along with the widespread theme of human benefit and enjoyment having superiority

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    Garrett Hardin Population

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    overpopulated with deer since there was no predators. Since there were no predators the deer reproduced rapidly which lead to overpopulation and exceeded the carrying capacity of that area. The deer were becoming starved and they destroyed the land because of the trampled soil. The solution to the overpopulated deer was that they transported the deers to other areas which were suitable for them to live in. The problem with that solution was that it was very costly and nobody wanted to pay for the deers to be

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    Waste Control Being able to address environmental issues can save the world. One of the many environmental issues that are occurring every day is waste management. Waste can be categorized by things humans have no use for (Carolan, 2017). With the world being at such a large population, waste will continue to grow. Without there being a direct and or safe form to remove waste from the planet, problems will continue to arise. Since there is a social context of being able to remove human waste, nobody

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    Being able to address environmental issues can save the world. One of the many environmental issues that are occurring every day is waste management. Waste can be categorized as “things humans have no use for” (Carolan, 2017). With the world being at such a large population, waste will continue to grow. Without there being a direct and or safe form to remove waste from the planet, problems will continue to rise as well. Since it has become socially acceptable to collect waste, nobody ever bothers

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    ready for the hunting season and going out into nature for some deer hunting, an American tradition that many hunters take enjoyment in and for many it’s way of life for them and their families, but for others deer hunting may seem like nothing but a slaughter that hunters take part in for free meat and somehow find an enjoyment in the process, however these individuals do not realize that hunting is in fact very morally sound and that Deer hunting benefits the environment through population control

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