URGENT: Texas HOA Reportedly Trucking Wild-Caught Deer to Slaughterhouse
URGENT: Texas HOA Reportedly Trucking Wild-Caught Deer to Slaughterhouse
The Issue
In Walden on Lake Conroe, a residential neighborhood in Montgomery, Texas, resident deer are reportedly being netted and then hauled several hours away—fully conscious—to a slaughterhouse! Last year, PETA contacted community officials after receiving reports of this exceedingly cruel practice. They urged them to swear off this program and provided information on humane and effective nonlethal deer-management methods. However officials appear to have no intention of stopping the nightmarish program.
Every minute spent entangled in netting is a terrifying eternity for these easily frightened prey animals. But then to subject them to the horror of transport inside jostling trucks, rife with loud noises, vibrations, and the smell of fear, is grossly inhumane by every common measure! For these wild animals, nothing could be less natural—and little could be worse. And captured deer aren't the only victims: Mass killings tear families apart and leave young and weak animals vulnerable to starvation, dehydration, and predators. Furthermore, lethal methods don't work to control unwanted animal populations in the long run. As long as the areas remain attractive and accessible, more will move in from surrounding areas to fill the newly vacant niche, and surviving does will breed at an accelerated rate, causing the population to increase!
This community is engaged in a vicious killing cycle in which countless animals will die needlessly. Please ask Walden on Lake Conroe officials to halt this cruel program.
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Please send polite comments to:
Scott Sustman
President
The Walden Community Improvement Association
13301 Walden Rd.
Montgomery, TX 77356-5386
936-582-4292 (fax)
wciainfo@waldencia.com
Mike Pigliacelli
Vice President
The Walden Community Improvement Association
13301 Walden Rd.
Montgomery, TX 77356-5386
936-582-4292 fax
wciainfo@waldencia.com
Mike Meador
Commissioner
Montgomery County, Precinct 1
510 Highway 75 N.
Willis, TX 77378
936-539-7874 (fax)
bhouser@co.montgomery.tx.us
Colonel Peter Flores
Director of Law Enforcement
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
4200 Smith School Rd.
Austin, TX 78744
peter.flores@tpwd.state.tx.us
Major Rolly Correa
Game Warden, Region 9
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
3615 S. General Bruce Dr.
Temple, TX 76504
rolly.correa@tpwd.state.tx.us
The Issue
In Walden on Lake Conroe, a residential neighborhood in Montgomery, Texas, resident deer are reportedly being netted and then hauled several hours away—fully conscious—to a slaughterhouse! Last year, PETA contacted community officials after receiving reports of this exceedingly cruel practice. They urged them to swear off this program and provided information on humane and effective nonlethal deer-management methods. However officials appear to have no intention of stopping the nightmarish program.
Every minute spent entangled in netting is a terrifying eternity for these easily frightened prey animals. But then to subject them to the horror of transport inside jostling trucks, rife with loud noises, vibrations, and the smell of fear, is grossly inhumane by every common measure! For these wild animals, nothing could be less natural—and little could be worse. And captured deer aren't the only victims: Mass killings tear families apart and leave young and weak animals vulnerable to starvation, dehydration, and predators. Furthermore, lethal methods don't work to control unwanted animal populations in the long run. As long as the areas remain attractive and accessible, more will move in from surrounding areas to fill the newly vacant niche, and surviving does will breed at an accelerated rate, causing the population to increase!
This community is engaged in a vicious killing cycle in which countless animals will die needlessly. Please ask Walden on Lake Conroe officials to halt this cruel program.
PLEASE SEND e-mails to each individual listed here!
Please send polite comments to:
Scott Sustman
President
The Walden Community Improvement Association
13301 Walden Rd.
Montgomery, TX 77356-5386
936-582-4292 (fax)
wciainfo@waldencia.com
Mike Pigliacelli
Vice President
The Walden Community Improvement Association
13301 Walden Rd.
Montgomery, TX 77356-5386
936-582-4292 fax
wciainfo@waldencia.com
Mike Meador
Commissioner
Montgomery County, Precinct 1
510 Highway 75 N.
Willis, TX 77378
936-539-7874 (fax)
bhouser@co.montgomery.tx.us
Colonel Peter Flores
Director of Law Enforcement
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
4200 Smith School Rd.
Austin, TX 78744
peter.flores@tpwd.state.tx.us
Major Rolly Correa
Game Warden, Region 9
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
3615 S. General Bruce Dr.
Temple, TX 76504
rolly.correa@tpwd.state.tx.us
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Petition created on December 20, 2009