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By adamg on Tue, 04/08/2014 - 6:42am
Deer in a fence

Hingham Police report firefighters managed to cut away the fence and the deer ran away.

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By anon on Tue, 04/08/2014 - 7:55am.

To eat...

By Lunchbox on Tue, 04/08/2014 - 9:35am.

They could have humanely euthanized the deer, removed it, and not ruined someone's fence.

By Allstonian on Tue, 04/08/2014 - 9:47am.

Even accepting the implicit argument that there's deer overpopulation (which, fair enough and I'm inclined to agree) and that the stuck animal might better have been euthanized, they still might not have been able to remove it without either cutting the fence (as they did) or butchering the animal in public, which could have been problematic on a number of fronts.

By Outside the city on Tue, 04/08/2014 - 11:45am.

Perhaps the problem is human overpopulation? Are all the turkeys really downtown on purpose?

By Then again on Tue, 04/08/2014 - 12:51pm.

If you think human overpopulation is a problem, you can contribute to the solution any time you like.

By DUH on Tue, 04/08/2014 - 2:26pm.

If you think human overpopulation is not a problem, you should spend some time reading things for adults.

By The Frying Pan of Reality on Wed, 04/09/2014 - 3:51pm.

It is a problem. See http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/population/, if you are so inclined.

In case you are wondering, I do put my money where my mouth is: I decided not to have children. In addition, I made quite a few other choices in order to minimize my impact on the earth. I live comfortably and don't regret these choices.

BTW, we killed off the top predators, and we are expanding further and further into areas where wildlife live. All of the problems we are having are our own fault.

Frankly, I am glad I don't know you. What you said wasn't funny, and your statement about overpopulation shows that you have, at best, a lack of education.

Second, you lack compassion. You would rather butcher this frightened animal than cut the fence. For you, money is everything.

By anon on Tue, 04/08/2014 - 11:04am.

...rather have an innocent healthy animal die needlessly than have a fence want for some minor repairs?

By anon on Tue, 04/08/2014 - 11:26am.

Or perhaps the owners preferred to save a life, Lunchbox.

By Judy on Tue, 04/08/2014 - 10:15am.

Yay firefighters.
This made my day, thank you.

By Rhea Becker on Tue, 04/08/2014 - 12:33pm.

So glad the deer got out.

By anon on Tue, 04/08/2014 - 12:25pm.

A full-grown deer couldn't fit through those fence slats.

Poor baby :(

By anon on Tue, 04/08/2014 - 2:54pm.

and scary! Poor animal.

By brianjdamico on Tue, 04/08/2014 - 4:15pm.

(n.b. I'm not very original, I said the same thing on Twitter about this yesterday)