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A reader sends in the sad scene from in front on Cork Wine Bar at 1720 14th Street, NW.
Ed. Note: I came very close to smashing into a deer on Beach Drive last night so please also use extra caution if driving through Rock Creek Park at night.
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So awful, praying that see and the baby are as okay as you can be after being shot
Only in DC would someone caution tape off a roadkill deer.
only in dc? thats hard to believe.
There was a deer in SW that broke through the plate glass front window of the Library like two years ago – that was a semi-commercial area – not immediately adjacent to a green/wildlife corridor.
Forest Rats, IMHO – the only “sad” thing about this is it mangled someone’s car. We have eliminated their predators and as people give up hunting, they are over-running us. It’s not good for people or for eco-diversity. They are highly destructive to the forests as well as to suburban flora.
Wow, weird. I can’t imagine what was going through the mind of the driver when a deer ran in front of his/her car on 14th street! Poor deer.
The last thing that went thru the deer’s head was its ass!
Yes this is sad. But what frustrates me as an animal advocate is that 60 billion “farmed” animals are raised and slaughtered in unimaginable conditions every year. No photos are taken, no outrage, only tacit compliance and indifference by every meat eater. If this picture bothers you think about what you would feel if this was a cow or a pig in the road. What makes a deer’s life more important than a chicken or a turkey? ~frustrated.
So right – someone should have butchered that deer right after it got hit – lots of good meat going to waste! The backstraps (tenderloins) at least might still be good. My rural friends always carry a good knife in the pickup for fresh roadkill.
+1
Except for those pesky prions. Deer ’round these parts carry wasting disease. Not good eats, sadly.
As long as you don’t eat the brains, spinal cord, spleen etc. CDC says you’re safe from CWD prions.
The difference is our culture. Most everyone here has been raised to think of live stock as food only. Game animals have a slightly higher respect because they are wild and have at least some semblance of a free life. Do you really not see how and why our culture has different perspectives on these animals? If it is an attitude you wish to counter, you need to come to an understanding of it.
Well put.
How the hell did a deer wander to 14th and R? This is nowhere near RCP.
Must have come through Adams Morgan…not too far off.
Had a little too much, went looking for a jumbo slice, and then BAM.
+1
The only sad thing about a deer getting hit is damage to a car and potential injuries to the driver and passengers.
Hi troll. Howzyer day goin? Pleased with yourself, I presume. Jack*ss.
You clearly have never lived in an area heavily populated with deer.
I agree with Anonymous. In the park, they encourage invasive species to thrive and reduce the capacity of the tree canopy to regenerate itself. Outside of the park, they ruin lawns, spread ticks, charge at pedestrians, run into buildings, and run into cars. They are destructive animals that need to be controlled. That one of them made it all the way from the park to 14th in the Logan Circle area is just another sign that the deer population is getting out of control.
May their slaughter continue! Next time, I hope, with sharpshooters instead of people’s cars.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/us/park-plans-to-cull-deer-in-washington-dc.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2012/06/05/coming-soon-to-rock-creek-park-dead-deer/
Extremely callous and cynical remarks.
You think they’re cute, so they’re not pests? Poster is absolutely right. Aside from being a hazard, deer are destroying the RCP ecosystem.
Aren’t they a *part* of RCP’s ecosystem? You act like they dropped here from a spaceship.
Gee, you’re right. It’s completely natural for deer to breed unchecked after all the predators are removed, destroy the plant cover, and to the extent they don’t spread invasive plant species. Maybe we’ll have a mass starvation of the population later. Thanks, Grizzly Adams!
Rats with hooves, as anyone who’s lived in a rural area can tell you.
we don’t live in a rural setting.
The point is…people from a rural setting understand better the idea of rats with hooves. Trust me, you only feel sorry for deer if you have no experience having to deal with them on a regular basis, which is clearly your point of view.
Agree – there are more deer in the U.S. now than before the pilgrims arrived.
NPS needs to manage the deer population in RCP.
Perhaps a culling of the population could also provide food for the needy.
Need a source on this claim. Was there really an accurate count on deer population in colonial times, in order to make that comparison? Sounds highly dubious.
are you for real? you sound as ridiculous as the woman who wrote letters encouraging the government to place deer crossing signs in less populated areas so that deer would cross there instead. i’d rather run into a deer than you
Deer are the worst. I come from a rural area where I don’t know ANYONE who has not been in an accident with a deer. It’s really important to keep their population under control or else things like this will continue to happen. Sad, but true. Personally, I’m more concerned with my own safety than the safety of a deer.
Had to jump in on this one..nobody has ever died (as far as any scientist knows) from eating a wild deer due to deer prions – http://www.jsonline.com/features/health/115246649.html .. OK? And yes, we have lot’s of deer in the DC Region..and racoons, squirrels, rats..I don’t see why we have to exterminate ANY creature, even rats! Sure, I feel sorry for people who hit these beautiful creatures with their cars (not so much for hitting rats, and raccoons are a pain!), but..I don’t get people who say we have to kill them all..we can control the population of deers in many ways, but seriously, SERIOUSLY..don’t you think it’s Super Cool that animals this big live in DC..sorry, it’s AWEsome!
First off, exterminate? Who in their right mind is talking about extermination of the deer in RCP? The discussion should be only about population control. Statements like we have all of these other alternatives to control deer. Like what, deer birth control? And who is going to pay for that one? You know what’s great about hunting? You achieve population control and people get to eat. We’ve changed the ecosystem so much that yes, we humans are the only ones left to control the deer population. Want something sad, watch a deer die from starvation because of overpopulation.
we could release wolves in RCP.
+1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL9xCWphV8s
First thing I thought of when I saw the headline. Nice work.
ha – here’s the first thing I thought of. He specializes in the most life-like dead animals around! http://youtu.be/LJP1DphOWPs
We saw this deer on 8th St NW last night around 12:30 am.
We had just parked our car around 12:30 am at 8th and R Sts NW and saw the antlered deer skipping down the middle of 8th St NW. He bolted onto 8th from 7th and T Sts NW.
He was spooked, needless to say. We couldn’t tell if he was bleeding at the mouth or whether a red drink cup (or bottle) was in his mouth, which could make sense with all the partying associated with Howard homecoming.
The deer then dashed from 8th St NW onto R St NW. We had hoped he could get the 12-16 blocks to Rock Creek Park, but this post let us know what happened to the young buck.
I saw that same deer in Ledroit park at the intersection of 4th and T around 1245am. It had antlers, and its tounge was out of its mouth as if it was injured. However, the deer in the photo is not the same, as it does not have antlers. Perhaps a family of deer wondered downtown friday night? The whole thing was very surreal. It bolted across the intersection and into someones backyard.
I saw this dead deer close up and it did have antlers. Not sure why they dont show in this pic–maybe the angle?
So, did anyone harvest the deer for a few good steaks and sausage?
For everyone here that never spent more than three days outside the east coast megalopolis, this is kinda a normal thing. Actually a bit surprised this does not happen more often in DC, which is kind of an urban splotch surrounded by North American wilderness. Deer are a natural part of the American ecosystem, long before America, and their run-in and death with humans is what it is. Natural. A bit out of place near AdMo, but lots of weird shit near AdMo. Why should a deer hood ornament be of note.
I think it’s of note. I’ve never seen a hit deer inside the city in a commercial area.
People will offer you hunted deer meat from the deep freeze where I’m from.
Wow!! I wish I had known about this earlier. I was undecided on what to put in my crockpot yesterday.
plenty of cats, rats and homeless people to choose from.
Horrifying to see some people are more worried about deer than about the HUMAN BEINGS whose lives are put at risk by these pests. Let’s pray that no humans were hurt. Bambi was a movie, folks. These are dangerous animals that cause a tremendous amount of human death. We ought to fight them like cancer.
If that photo were of a human instead of a deer I ASSURE you everyone would be more upset about it.
because humans outrank every other species on earth? #selfentitled
Yeah, I’m not even remotely ashamed to admit that I care more about HUMAN BEINGS than I do about the deer that kill humans. Entitled? Your lack of human empathy is disturbing.
don’t judge an entire species by the actions of a few.
assumptions are fun!
It’s just an advertisement for the newest restaurant on 14th- Venison!
Bambi tapas
“Michigan-Asian fusion inspired small plates!!!”
[/senseless PR]
Every time I go through the park at Kennedy there are always deer!
Another reason to avoid Cork
Interesting set of comments, but no one should be driving fast enough on 14th Street that a deer darting out could cause injury to the driver or passenger. This isn’t a country road with a 55 mph speed limit surrounded by woods that make it hard to see what is coming at you. 14th is 30 mph tops and clear lines of sight give you more time to stop.
If you can’t stop fast enough to avoid hitting and killing a deer, then you can’t stop fast enough to avoid killing a small child that darts out. Kill your speed, not children, seniors, and the city!
another angle of this deer I saw on Instagram showed it had it’s throat cut. true story. VERY strange if it was killed and dumped there.
No matter how much of a menace deer may be, this is still sad — the deer probably died a painful death.
I’m surprised at the callousness of some of these comments. I don’t discount the danger that deer pose to humans, but for heaven’s sake, it’s not like they’re purposely running in front of cars with the goal of creating accidents and injuring people!
The links that “So, Just Sayin’” posted were interesting; I didn’t realize that deer had become such a problem in Rock Creek Park. (For the park itself, not just for humans driving through.) I’m not necessarily thrilled about the park’s decision to bring in sharpshooters, but at least that kind of death is probably quick and less painful than this.
I would post the Lois CK bit about deer if I could, but I’m at work and don’t have u-tube access. I’m sure someone else can find and post it.
Donna the Deer Lady!
http://mashable.com/2012/10/18/donna-the-deer-lady/
D’oh…a deer…a female deer?
Ha, i myself got hit right in front of Cork this time last year. Conspiracy? Definitely.