We hope you find this issue equally valuable, and we will work to make future issues of ROAR chalk full of items worthy of column mention or feature treatment. We appreciate your consideration. A three-year study on immunocontraception for deer population control near Mumford, Connecticut has turned up flat. At best, only 70 percent of does in the target group were successfully inoculated. According to the Connecticut Wildlife Division, even if birth control had been 100 percent successful in the inoculated group, the failure to treat 30 percent meant enough fawns were born to maintain deer population in a community that needs a significant reduction.
Sport hunting remains an effective tool for wildlife management professionals.
As a result, elected officials in this Connecticut town have once again expanded the legal hunting that, through permit fees, generates extra income for wildlife research and conservation efforts. With angler fishing already strictly regulated, this order not only represents a betrayal to the islands' recreational anglers, but also may generate severe economic consequences. Safari Club International is concerned about too much Federal involvement in state wildlife management decisions. Citing threats from their farm-bred brethren and other factors, the action makes it a federal violation to fish for the salmon in Maine's rivers. The Nov. decision brought the ire of Maine's leading government officials.