Drama ensues after board votes on deer culling

Posted:Apr 10, 2023 / 10:44 PM EDT

Updated:Apr 11, 2023 / 06:51 AM EDT

CANFIELD, Ohio (WKBN) — The Mill Creek MetroParks board of commissioners voted to approve adeer culling programMonday evening.

The environment was quite different from the less-than-a-dozen people who were at theinitial presentationof the deer population. With every board meeting, thecrowd has grown larger and angrierat the idea of hunters and sharpshooter in the park.Warrant issued for downtown bar owner in tax case

On Monday, the board room at the Mill Creek MetroParks Farm was packed for the vote, and there was barely an empty seat in the house.

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All board members in attendance voted yes to the deer culling program, but the crowd booed as the votes came in.

Lee Frey, park board president, addressed the crowd: “You’re going to have to be…

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