Reader questions deer relocation plan

To The Eagle:

The net result of the 2013 deer relocation was to reduce a viable population at the JBH refuge to a non-viable population at the Ridgefield refuge. It would appear that the newly proposed relocation is an attempt to rectify that mistake.

Deer were successfully relocated from Douglas County, Oregon to the JBH refuge in 2010, and it is not clear to me why this is not being considered as an alternative to relocating deer from Puget Island. Perhaps the potential uproar in that area precludes the possibility from being considered?

With respect to damage caused to property by the deer, a relocation of a few deer will not solve the problem. Only complete elimination of the herd would ensure that no more damage occurred. The deer eat my lilies and roses, but I do not wish to wipe out the deer to save a few flowers.

Roy Simpson, Puget Island