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 What You Can Do

A positive resolution of this issue depends on individual people getting involved and taking action. Residents of Cayuga Heights and the Ithaca community are especially encouraged to participate in the dialogue. You can make a difference:


1. Make Your Voice Be Heard
Contact the following decision makers and let them know your questions and concerns:

Mayor Jim Gilmore
(607) 257-1238
email

Police Chief Tom Boyce
(607) 257-1011
email

David Donner
Deputy Mayor, Chair of Public Safety Committee
email

Cayuga Heights Trustees:
Robert Andolina email
Ron Bors email
Diana Riesman email
Kate Supron email
Bea Szekely email

Phone messages for trustees can be left at (607) 257-1238.



2. Write a letter to the editor

The Ithaca Journal
Ithaca Times
Cornell Daily Sun


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4. Help educate others
Get your friends, neighbors and colleagues involved in the public dialogue about this important issue. Begin by letting them know about this web resource. You can do that quickly and easily by clicking on the Send-to-a-Friend button.


5. Attend meetings of the Cayuga Heights Village Trustees

The Village Trustees are the decision makers. Consider attending these public meetings and letting the trustees know your questions and concerns.

Village Trustee meetings are open to the public and are held at 7 PM on the third Monday of every month.

The next Village Trustee meeting will be held on Monday, March 15 at 7 PM
Village Hall, 836 Hanshaw Rd.
(across from Community Corners, same building as police station) Map


BREAKING NEWS:
All but 20 deer may be killed in Cayuga Heights!
Bait-and-shoot plan put on fast track.
Learn more | What you can do | Sign our Online Petition

   Meet Cayuga Deer
 
CayugaDeer.org was contacted by a resident who shares her yard with several deer who are at risk of being killed in Cayuga Heights’ proposed bait and shoot program. She said:

“I have anywhere from five to fourteen deer in my yard daily. I enjoy them, as does my neighbor. I have watched them grow up and feel like they are part of my home now. I have watched a young buck take care of an orphan all year, with the fawn nursing at any mother that would let her. My deer friends are not aggressive but so gentle. It breaks my heart that they may be killed.”

With camera in hand, she captured this remarkable story which continues to unfold in her back yard. Click on the thumbnails at right to learn more.

 
 
Cayuga Heights Deer
 

 

Updated Photos: Spring 2009

   Mouseover each thumbnail to take a closer look (please be patient, page may take a moment to load)

 

Updated Photos: Winter 2009

   Deer at play, January, 2009.    (mouseover each thumbnail to take a closer look)
 
Our local deer were seen playing in the snow, unaware of the violent fate that may be in store for them.

 
   Will they meet a violent end? Their fate rests in our hands.   (mouseover each thumbnail for a closer look)
 
The orphaned fawn has grown and lost her spots. Her life, and the lives of the deer who raised her, now hang in the balance. What will be their fate?