Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

FAIRFAX, Va. - Fairfax City wants to become the first community in Virginia to use surgical sterilization to control its deer population.
All that's needed to go forward with the experiment is final approval from the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, and approval looks likely.
The man who will lead it, wildlife biologist Dr. Anthony DeNicola, has run similar programs in other parts of the country.
He estimates the City of Fairfax has between 50 to 75 deer within its 6 square miles, fewer than he initially expected.
Under the five-year program, the female deer will undergo surgery to remove their ovaries, with a goal of having all the does sterilized by the second year.