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By THKHKS V HVA \OU)S Rappahannock New- VI rit.-r
In a move that perplexed Smithsonian officials, a House appropriations subcommittee denied funding requested for two projects proposed as alternatives to the controversial hunt originally scheduled to solve deer overpopulation problems at the Research and Conservation Center near Front Royal.
The committee action, taken last Thursday, deleted an appropriation of $650,(XX) to fence portions of the Center and to relocate large numbers of the white-tail deer herd.
Originally, the Center had scheduled a hunt to harvest the local deer, who were interfering with the food supply and spreading a parasite fatal to some of the Center's inhabitants. Protests from conservation groups prompted a hearing November 4 by the House committee that oversees the funding of the Smithsonian.
Hearings before the subcommittee were inconclusive, never resulting in a vote. Rep. Sidney Yates, D111., chairman of the subcommittee, was one of those strongly opposed to the hunt. After hearing from Zoo officials that the hunt was the only practical means of control, he said he had mixed feelings.
Wildlife advocates testified that the Center should find alternate means of removing the native deer. With the majority of committee members still opposed to the hunt, Smithsonian officials called it off a few days after the hearing, and requested the $650,000 increase to pursue the suggested alternate controls.
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