I saw this in my local news, TLDR is that there is a small retirement community where hunting is not allowed and as a result there is a huge deer population. They have eaten all the trees, plants, gardens etc and have been hit by cars. Whiny yankees who moved down here dont want to have the population controlled because its mean.

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A battle has brewed at least since 2010 about reducing the deer population. One side says the deer are destroying gardens, causing car wrecks, robbing the forest of new growth, leaving scat everywhere and, all in all, ruining the neighborhood.

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a group spent the better part of a year in an exhaustive study to determine the number of deer in the area and how best to bring down the population.

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The group points out evidence of inbreeding, hip injuries, warts and other problems that are signs of the herd's over-population. Jankowski said 80 percent of Kahite residents want something done — although that percentage, like most numbers involved in the community debate, is questioned by the opposition.

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In April, the committee began a survey to determine the size of the herd in the roughly square mile area Kahite occupies. It stationed spotters, in groups of two or more, at 26 locations and had them count deer from 6:45-7 p.m. for two days in a row in November. The total they came up with was 358 deer. The group had been communicating with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, which informed them that the area should be holding only 40 or 50.

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Some members of the faction seeking to prevent any deer killing were among the counters, but quit over what they considered pressure to increase the deer count number.

AKA they realized there was a crap ton more deer than they thought but dont want to admit they were wrong.

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The committee presented its findings to the TWRA along with statistics compiled from 81 residents that showed $68,974 estimated in garden and landscaping damage, $23,122 in damage to vehicles struck by deer, and 26 dead deer found. The TWRA approved a depredation permit acknowledging the need to bring down the deer population; committee members say it is the first one offered to a community in Tennessee.

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Jankowski said the committee settled on culling the herd to 120 deer as a goal to reach over two years – more than double the TWRA's recommended number of 40 to 50. The committee contacted numerous authorities and went through numerous possible ways to cut the deer population, including sterilization, removal and building a large fence. For various reasons, all but one were rejected – hiring hunters to shoot the deer.

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Jankowski said he believes the opposition to the deer culling is a small, but very vocal group. Hammersmith contends the committee doesn't have near the support it contends. Admittedly with little documentation of its own, the opposition is buying almost nothing the committee is saying. They’ve been threatening lawsuits, calling congressmen, stuffing mailboxes with flyers and calling the media.

Sounds like another large group in this country