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Council considers deer, dogs and failing culverts

The city’s annual efforts to cull deer are underway with 22 animals harvested so far.

At last week’s regular meeting, the Sundance City Council heard a report from the two individuals who have been contracted to fulfill the permit, Shad Schloredt and Rusty Speidel.

A Wyoming Game and Fish permit was approved earlier this year to allow the City of Sundance to cull double the number of deer this year with no restrictions on season timing in response to evidence that chronic wasting disease (CWD) may be more prevalent than previously thought.

Most years, the city applies for a license to cull a c...