ANOTHER 21 DEER KILLED ON MONHEGAN\ TEN TO 15 DEER REMAIN ON THE ISLAND. THE BATTLE AGAINST LYME DISEASE WILL CONTINUE IN THE FALL. From: Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME) | Date: April 28, 1998| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

By Susan Rayfield Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
04-28-1998
FRONT
Sharpshooters left the island Monday claiming partial success in
eliminating the deer herd that has become a major source of Lyme disease.
The team shot 21 deer in a week, leaving 10 to 15 white-tailed deer still
roaming the island. Should the sharpshooters succeed in killing all the deer,
Monhegan will be the first area in the nation where the deer population was
intentionally exterminated.
Two deer were found dead in the woods from previous gunshot wounds. Two
others were poached just prior to the shooters' ...

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