Deer and People Clash in Minnesota

So many deer inhabit the area around Pig's Eye Lake just east of St. Paul that one frustrated local official has compared them to unwanted vermin. One question, who inhabited the area first?

Some of the hooved creatures have been wandering into town, showing up at places like the emergency entrance of Regions Hospital and in front of the pro hockey arena. Why can't we live in harmony with the natural world around us? The size of this fucking planet and we can't get along with each other, let alone other mammals. We act like every living creature on the planet is supposed to understand human civilization and stay in line with how we want them to behave. We move in on their territory, cut down their habitats and then call them a nuisance when they wind up next to us.

We hunt killer sharks for eating us when we swim in the ocean. We shoot endangered sparrows who knock over dominos and we drop camouflaged from the trees to ambush bears and deer with shotguns and call it sport. We're a funny bunch us humans. We're supposed to be the ones with logical thought. If anyone's got the right to suicide bomb a market it's a cow who's fellow species members are on sale for two dollars a pound.

I'm not one of those animal rights nutcases that wants to set fire to an old folks home because people eat cheeseburgers. I just think there's a line we're not seeing. This planet would be pretty boring if we were the only species on it. Boring and super fucking dangerous. We need the reminder that there are other creatures roaming the earth besides us. And every once in a while we need the reminder that to some of those creatures, we're dinner. Keeps us in line.