Final argument essay: in favor of meatMore than ten years after the essay in our textbook, “For environmental balance, take a rifle,” first published in the NY Times, the author, Nickolas Kristof, continues to write for the NY Times as a columnist. This long-term relationship with The Gray Lady is quite an achievement for a writer in a tough market of New York readers. The original essay required aggressive wording to grab the attention of readers scanning the newspaper while crowded on buses and trains. It's engaging, humorous, and convincingly holds readers' attention until the end. Kristof is correct that the solution to deer overpopulation lies in reducing herds through hunting. There are no alternative methods of managing the suburban deer population. We certainly don't want to restore the deer's natural predators, because humans would also be on the menu for those predators. Deer food mixed with contraceptives has limited effectiveness because deer regularly migrate over an area of ​​up to 25 square miles. Therefore, the deer that ate the contraceptive may not be the one that winters in that area and gives birth in the spring. Once medicinal food is distributed, there is no guarantee that only deer will eat it. Another significant problem caused by white-tailed deer overpopulation is the prevalence of car accidents involving deer. Each November, deer become more active, especially around sunset, for mating season. This coincides with suburban commute times and the shorter daylight hours that come with fall. Collisions with deer cost the insurance industry more than $1 billion a year and kill about 200 people. More than one...... middle of paper ......eer Management Alliance. CT. March 5, 2005, WEB. April 30, 2014Kristof, Nicholas D. “For Environmental Balance, Take a Gun.” New York Times. Rep. in Current Issues and Lingering Questions. Barnet, Sylvia and Hugo Bedau. Boston. Bedford/St.Martins. 2011. Print. 183-185. McBroom, Patricia, “Meat consumption was essential to human evolution. » University of Berkeley. University of California at Berkeley. CALIFORNIA. June 14, 1999. Web. April 28 Soller, Ken, “Head to Hoof: Inside the New Meat Movement,” Newsweek. Newsweek LLC, NY, January 7, 2009. Web. April 25, 2014. Taylor, Alexander and Sunaura Taylor, “Is it possible to be a conscientious meat eater? » Rpt in current issues and lingering questions. Barnet, Sylvia and Hugo Bedau. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins. 2011. Print. 199-204. “US Meat Production,” PSR, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Washington, DC 2014. Print. Web April 1. 2014.