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Deer becomes roadkill in West Roxbury
By adamg - 2/9/12 - 7:31 pmBoston Police report a deer jumped in front of a startled motorist around 8:30 p.m. yesterday, causing a two-car crash - and its own demise - on Baker Street near the cemeteries.
On arrival, officers observed two cars, one that appeared to have rear-ended the other, and a deceased deer in the roadway. Officers spoke to the operator of the first car who stated that she was driving along Baker Street when the deer came out of nowhere and jumped in front of her motor vehicle. According to the operator, she was unable to avoid the animal.
Police say a driver behind the first car was unable to stop in time and hit the back of the first car. Both cars, however, were able to leave the scene under their own power, unlike the deer.
In December, another deer met its demise in front of Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain, when it collided with a Boston Police cruiser.
Doe! Hunter mistakes woman for deer in Norton, so he shoots her
By adamg - 1/1/12 - 10:04 amThe Globe reports.
The buck stops here: Deer rams Boston Police cruiser in Jamaica Plain
By adamg - 12/2/11 - 9:59 pmA deer ran into a Boston Police cruiser around 9:50 p.m. in front of Faulkner Hospital. Cop is fine, cruiser is damaged enough to need a tow, no immediate word on the condition of the deer or how much doe it'll cost for repairs.
Doe, a deer, a Dorchester deer
By adamg - 6/11/11 - 12:14 amCandelaria Silva reports she and her granddaughter were waiting at Fields Corner for an Ashmont train last Saturday when a woman on the inbound side began yelling:
"Oh, my God, did you see that? Is that a deer? A deer just ran up the bus ramp!"
We looked behind us through the glass that separates the bus ramp from the train tracks and there it was - a deer. We saw it running back and forth three times.
Deer are killing the forests of the Blue Hills Reservation, researcher says
By adamg - 12/9/10 - 7:13 amThe Boston area's largest natural area is dying as an overpopulation of deer eat up plant species - which could also mean death to the other creatures that depend on them - Thomas J. Rawinski of the US Forest Service writes, in a report on a field trip to the reservation:
Too many deer in the Blue Hills?
By adamg - 9/15/10 - 10:43 pmAnecdotal evidence (more dead deer by the side of the road) seems to indicate a growing deer population in the large reservation just south of the city. The Friends of the Blue Hills reports the state Department of Conservation and Recreation is getting ready to do some serious studying to determine if there are more deer than the reservation can support and, if so, what to do about them. The process could take several years - one thing the DCR might do is fence in some small pieces of forest to keep deer out and compare the plant growth on either side of the fences.
Deer vs. car in Cleveland Circle: Deer loses
By adamg - 6/15/09 - 12:22 pmWicked Local Brookline reports a deer was hit by a car at Beacon and Englewood on Saturday.
It has not been a good month for urban deer.
Dot deer downed
By adamg - 6/12/09 - 1:51 pmFor a change, here's an urban-deer story with a happy ending: The Globe reports state environmental officers managed to successfully tranquilize a pair of deer off Freeport Street this morning so that they could be taken someplace a bit more bucolic.
Earlier:
Disembowled doe dies in Harvard Square today.
Turnpike accident near Fenway has drivers going: Oh, deer.
