In message , 
amacmil304@aol.com writes
>On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 07:31:22 +0000, Malcolm
> wrote:
>
>>
>>In article ,
>>amacmil304@aol.com writes
>>>
>>>But the public don't regard deer as pests.
>>>
>>That's not true, Angus. Try talking to people in southern England whose
>>market gardens and orchards, let alone private gardens, are being
>>subject to serious damage by Roe Deer and Muntjacs.
>>
>>See, e.g.:
>>http://environment.independent.co.uk/article51962.ece
>>written over three years ago.
>
>
>That doesn't make it true>
>
>"To many people, the latest urban wildlife phenomenon is a delight: an
>authentic Bambi in the back garden."
>
>"However, some less sentimental souls consider the latest addition to
>the urban population a pest,..................
>
>
>Note the "many" and "some" that you are willing to point out when it
>suits you.
>
>Generally, the public love to see deer foxes and squirrels.
>
>How many times will someone say, Oh, look, there's a deer or a fox,
>with glee?
>

I know many who say about deer BUT only when the deer are several miles 
from their garden.  They call them pests and a lot worse when they have 
spend a period foraging round the garden.
-- 
Malcolm Kane