Reply #27: Actually we are probably sustaining higher populations of deer and bear in

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all of North America than any time in history. This is partly because the native predators were wiped out and partly because deer in particular seem to thrive in the "edge" ecological niches created by human settlement. Yes there may have been black bears in some areas pre colonial days where they don't exist now but it is true that the current bear and deer populations are adapting to human suburbia and we better figure out effective ways to deal with it.