alt Hacker NewsHow about loosening restrictions on deer hunting as part of the policy change to reduce deer populations and, consequently, tick populations, that Governor Healey grandstanded^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H spoke passionately about earlier this year
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zzzeek • today at 2:55 AM
and the rabbits and chipmunks and mice and squirrels, as well as that you have to kill basically all deer to the point of about 8 deer per square mile, since one deer can carry 2000-3000 new ticks. which is basically impossible on mainland because new deer just wander over.
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In Czechia, one of the most infested places are city parks where people walk their dogs. Lots of people, too, so the chances of transmission are high. I don't think that a pet hunting season would pass the Parliament, though :)
Maybe some sort of biological control should be introduced instead. Guinea fowl on steroids.
If we allow ourselves a bit of science fiction, a drone flying over tall grass and burning every questing tick with laser would likely reduce the populations as well. A questing tick sits on the end of a blade of grass, waiting for a host; as such, it is necessarily visible.