Certain petty home owners, instead of giving thanks to God for their privileged position, whine that deer eat their shrubbery. They should be glad to provide nourishment to these lovely creatures that display themselves in picturesque living tableaux on the lawns of our town.
The "living tableaux" will eat every piece of shrubbery down to the ground, dig up bulbs (they're especially fond of tulips), go through a vegetable garden like they're horde of locusts, and they haven't met a flower garden they didn't devour.
May the deer prosper and multiply in peace.
That they will. Happy healthy deer start throwing twins & triplets, rather than singles. When the herd starts roaming downtown Ithaca, like they do in downtown Princeton NJ, charging plate glass windows in rutting season, said people who are behind those plate glass windows (business owners, home owners) tend to get more than a little irked.
If this ijut was true to his fuzzy-minded roots, he'd want to introduce some natural predators into the environment: wolf and cougar. Now wouldn't THAT be fun?