This winter has offered new challenges for deer but they have found a perfect sanctuary at Salt Lake City's oldest and largest cemetery.
SALT LAKE CITY — About a dozen deer began to gather by a plot of tombstones at the Salt Lake City Cemetery as the cobalt sky above slowly faded to black on a mild March evening.
"We love having them here," Van Otten said. "We get a lot of comments on it and a lot of people choose this location for their resting place because of the wildlife we have here."Utah wildlife biologists also love that deer have a home at the cemetery.
"Winter is certainly a time when they are extra stressed, especially now, toward the end of winter," Lamb said. and there has also been an uptick in complaints from residents about having large wildlife destroy plants in their yards.So why is it that deer escape to places like the Salt Lake City Cemetery? It primarily has to do with its shrubby food sources and the area's tranquil setting. Many residents near the urban-wildland interfaces have also found deer in their yards this winter because of the same reasons.
Most of the deer — and the I-80 elk — are expected to naturally move into their preferred native habitats once the snow does melt, where they will be able to snack on the new vegetation that grows this spring. But don't be surprised to find a deer or two still hanging around the cemetery, which is completely normal.
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