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Deer Attack Three at Ill. University
Comcast News - Associated Press ^ | 25 May 2006 | JIM SUHR, Associated Press Writer

Posted on 05/25/2006 10:01:47 AM PDT by GreenEggsNHam

Deer Attack Three at Ill. University By JIM SUHR, Associated Press Writer 5 hours ago

CARBONDALE, Ill. - A year after the normally docile creatures attacked seven people on a university campus here, the deer have turned bullish again.

Three people were attacked by deer within minutes of each other Tuesday on a footpath at Southern Illinois University, police said Wednesday. One doe probably was responsible for all three attacks, said Todd Sigler, the school's public safety chief.

One worker needed stitches for a gash on his forehead, another suffered cuts, bruises and a sprained wrist, and a student was left with a scratched jaw. Two of the victims sought medical treatment.

This week's incidents came earlier in fawning season than last year's attacks, which officials attributed to a combination of protective motherly instinct, squeezed habitat and, in some cases, people trying to approach fawns. There was no indication that anyone hurt Tuesday had provoked the deer, Sigler said.

"It's bothersome," Sigler said. "We certainly appreciate the deer, and we don't want to get rid of them. At the same time, we don't want people getting injured. It's a difficult situation."

SIU officials last week launched a public-awareness campaign to implore anyone on the 20,000-student campus to watch out for deer, to not approach the animals and, if a wild-eyed deer starts bounding their way, run.

"The options explained to us last year _ relocating the deer, tranquilizing them, thinning them out (through controlled hunts) _ all come with a downside," Sigler said. "We're going to try this education approach first and see what happens."

The path where Tuesday's attacks occurred has been closed off; handwritten signs were posted reading "Caution: Deer attacks."

The path encircles a lake and is less than a mile from the thickly forested campus woods and paved trails where deer confronted many last June.

More than one deer was believed to be responsible for the 2005 run-ins, in which four people suffered mostly minor injuries and others were threatened.

Walking through the Thompson Woods on Wednesday, Jane Swanson talked of how people joked about the deer last summer, saying they were more worried about wildlife than muggers.

But the chair of the school's psychology department says it's no longer a laughing matter.

"It makes sense that these poor deer are trying to protect their newborns, but we've got to figure out something other then just avoiding the deer," she said.



TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: attach; deer; illinois; maul; siu; venison
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To: Hegemony Cricket

`D'ohs Gone Wild'?


41 posted on 05/25/2006 11:47:22 AM PDT by tumblindice
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To: OB1kNOb

if all deer are muslim, that sausage made with pork and venison sounds like the proper thing to do with them.


42 posted on 05/25/2006 12:10:19 PM PDT by greenthumbedislndr
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43 posted on 05/25/2006 12:11:49 PM PDT by freepatriot32 (Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
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To: nikos1121

"Question: What animal kills the most humans in the USA?

a. Alligators
b. Sharks
C. Deer
d. Bear
e. Snakes"




You left a couple off:

f. Humans
g. Bacteria

The answer is g.


44 posted on 05/25/2006 12:16:28 PM PDT by MineralMan (non-evangelical atheist)
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To: GreenEggsNHam

Hmm...I got a commie-librul sister on that faculty. I guess I could send her a rifle. I've got a few to spare...


45 posted on 05/25/2006 12:20:46 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: greenthumbedislndr

Yep. No doe virgins for them!


46 posted on 05/25/2006 12:24:20 PM PDT by OB1kNOb (This is no time for bleeding hearts, pacifists, and appeasers to prevail in free world opinion.)
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To: GreenEggsNHam
One doe probably was responsible for all three attacks

Until she is positively identified, she will be referred to as "Jane Doe."

47 posted on 05/25/2006 12:35:16 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: MineralMan

I thought bacteria were plants.


48 posted on 05/25/2006 12:36:08 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: nikos1121

Human animals kill the most humans.


49 posted on 05/25/2006 12:39:05 PM PDT by evets (God bless president George W. Bush.)
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To: Larry Lucido

"I thought bacteria were plants."

Actually, most scientists consider them neither plants nor animals, but a third group. Still, they're living things, and are responsible for more deaths than any other living things.

Viruses, of course, are another matter altogether. It's not even clear if they're alive.


50 posted on 05/25/2006 12:42:03 PM PDT by MineralMan (non-evangelical atheist)
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To: evets

Answer: Deer


51 posted on 05/25/2006 1:07:51 PM PDT by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121

A deer killed a guy on my street last week. RIP


52 posted on 05/25/2006 1:08:47 PM PDT by evets (God bless president George W. Bush.)
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To: freepatriot32

BTTT


53 posted on 05/25/2006 1:10:45 PM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: Disambiguator
You could take it back one step further and blame Whittaker Chambers for translating Bambi into English--otherwise Felix Salten's novel would never have inspired the Disney film.

Of course the resemblance between Salten's Bambi and the movie Bambi is only a little closer than the resemblance between Moby Dick and Finding Nemo.

54 posted on 05/25/2006 1:15:16 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: David Allen

'we've got to figure out something other then just avoiding the deer'

It's called a 7.62 X 51.


55 posted on 05/25/2006 1:16:03 PM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: martin_fierro
Particularly when she comes to dingbat conclusions like that!
56 posted on 05/25/2006 1:22:25 PM PDT by Redleg Duke (¡Salga de los Estados Unidos de América, invasor!)
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To: Westlander

Indeed. Although these deer are so tame, you could probably kill with a hammer.


57 posted on 05/25/2006 1:24:36 PM PDT by David Allen (the presumption of innocence - what a concept!)
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To: Rightfootforward

Bucks are more aggressive usually during rut. Last year, some 70 year old woman in eastern Kentucky was attacked and killed while getting her mail.


58 posted on 05/25/2006 1:29:14 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: GreenEggsNHam

I used to walk my dog around this very lake. He chased the deer, the deer didn't chase him. ;-)

Now that I've gone (OK, 10+ years) the situation has sadly reversed.


59 posted on 05/25/2006 2:22:19 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: nuke rocketeer

I used to live in northern IL in farm country. We had some envirowhackos across the street. They had (I kid you not) an automatic deer feeder (some kind of gizmo that would dispense deer food at specified times). They also named their deer (Sam, Ethel and Mitzy come to mind) and had conniptions about how some (saner) neighbors were "scaring" the deer by trail-riding horses in the woods. The aforementioned saner neighbors were into bow hunting, and after a few run-ins with these clowns took to mounting deer antlers on their back porch. Heh heh.


60 posted on 05/25/2006 3:11:02 PM PDT by PalestrinaGal0317 (Cowards cut and run, Marines never do.)
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