Syracuse.com - Judge dismisses lawsuit attempting to stop Long Island deer cull using sharpshooters

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The sharpshooters plan to shoot from from elevated stands or the back of vehicles.

Opponents of a plan by the Long Island Farm Bureau to use federal sharpshooters to thin the deer herd on eastern Long Island are upset after a State Supreme Court judge dismissed a lawsuit to block part of the hunt, Newsday reported.

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"It's a good day for Southold, a bad day for the deer," Michael Tessitore, founder of the group Hunters for Deer, which opposed the cull, told the newspaper.

State Supreme Court Judge Gerard Asher dismissed the lawsuit, "which had argued that the Town of Southold had not done proper environmental review and should not be allowed to spend $25,000 on the cull. Hunters and animal rights groups joined forces to fight the plan," Newsday reported.

The cull, expected to take place in a couple of weeks, seeks to take out more than 1,000 deer. The sharpshooters plan to shoot from from elevated stands or the back of vehicles. The resulting venison will be donated to the local food bank,.

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