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Summary The deer population in Rock Creek Park has soared in recent years.
Animal rights activists filed alawsuit on Thursday to try to stop a plan to cull deer in aWashington park, saying it would create a killing field inthe heart of the U.S. capital.The deer population in RockCreek Park has soared in recent years, creating a threat toplant life, and the National Park Service said in May that itwould launch a program to trim numbers to 15 to 20 per squaremile (six to eight per square km), from 67 (26) recorded in a2009 census.
