By: Laura Goldman
September 21, 2017
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Very early one morning earlier this month, in the affluent town of Tiburon in Northern California, a doe and her young fawn grazed on some newly planted landscaping in the yard of resident Mark Dickinson.
The two deer had been there before. To protect his new plantings, did Dickinson install a fence or try using any other deer repellents? No. Did he make some noise to scare them away? Nope.
Dickinson grabbed a high-powered pellet gun equipped with a scope, laser beam and flashlight attachments. He aimed it at the mama and her baby, and shot them both in their sides.
The two deer died slow, “agonizing and painful” deaths, Tiburon Police Sgt. Steve Hahn told the Marin Independent Journal.
Dickinson, who claimed he was only trying to scare off the deer, was arrested on suspicion of felony…
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How sad. All for some stupid flowers, or landscaping. I have deer, and I think one of my neighbors runs around with deer repellent spray. It’s eyeroll-worthy. Many times the critters in my yard will eat weeds too, I watched them. The plants will grow back; the animals will not!