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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Isabel Keane

DC metro residents fume over plan to use sharpshooters to reduce deer population

Animal rights activists in a Washington, D.C., suburb are fighting back against officials’ efforts to reduce the local deer population using sharpshooters.

Arlington County plans to use sharpshooters, professionals hired to kill deer in areas where they cannot be hunted, starting in February — but the decision has drawn sharp criticism from some locals.

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