The Nature of Things

It’s like a late-night TV joke

January

Consider these three things: 1. There are deer on Staten Island. 2. They most likely got there by swimming over from New Jersey. 3. They’re becoming a problem.

Somewhere in there (attention Letterman and Leno) is a Sopranos/mob joke.

Apparently, deer have been popping up in the NYC borough known for its ferry and for holding up one end of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. And it hasn’t worked out positively for the deer.

It’s enough of a problem that the state Department of Environmental Conservation today said it would begin monitoring the population in response “to a growing number of sightings from local residents and (it) represents an initial step toward developing an effective strategy to monitor this deer population and minimize any damage it may cause.”

Got a good punch line?

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 31st, 2008 at 6:47 pm by Mike Risinit.
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