As Park Service Culls Deer in Washington, It Helps Charities Fill Bellies

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WASHINGTON - The government sharpshooters worked so efficiently in the dead
of the night in Rock Creek Park that by the end of this year's short killing
season, they had shot 106 white-tailed deer.

Make that 3,300 pounds of local venison turned into meatloaf, burgers and
more for the surprised directors of homeless shelters and other charities
across the capital.

"I don't think of Rock Creek Park as a hunting ground," said Michelle
Durham, program director of Rachael's Women's Center, speaking of the
expanse of forest and ravines where President Theodore Roosevelt once rode
horses. She said she was shocked to learn that a recent batch of venison
served at the center came from deer in the park, just two miles away.

By Epictetus