SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Shaker Heights plans to add surgical sterilization to its deer management program for the first time this year, complementing the practice of culling the herd with sharpshooters that has been in place since 2016.

City Council approved a pair of contracts totaling more than $112,000 on Monday (Sept. 29), as part of this season’s operation to curtail the city’s deer population.

The city will split 50-50 with Beachwood a $162,000 contract with Precision Wildlife Management to deploy sharpshooters to cull a combined 70 deer across both cities.

And Connecticut-based White Buffalo is asking $31,340 to capture and sterilize 15-20 female deer in the more densely-populated southern section of the city, where sharpshooting is a challenge.

The combined approach offers imme

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