While this is a cool picture, and an interesting phenomenon, to chalk it up to "habitat destruction" is really misguided. (I know it's not your label.) If anything, the habitat for deer and other opportunist "weed species" is constantly expanding. This is just another great example of these overly populous animals taking advantage of whatever environment they can get their little hooves on.
Paul Schmelzer is a writer and editor in Minneapolis. Formerly managing editor of Walker Reader(2011–2020), the Walker Art Center's digital magazine, he is cofounder of The Ostracon, an art writing site created through funds from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and Creative Capital's Arts Writers Grant program; creator of Signifier, Signed; a former editor at Adbusters; and contributor to Artforum.com, Cabinet, Huffington Post, Hyperallergic, The Progressive, Raw Vision, Utne,and others.More >>
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While this is a cool picture, and an interesting phenomenon, to chalk it up to "habitat destruction" is really misguided. (I know it's not your label.) If anything, the habitat for deer and other opportunist "weed species" is constantly expanding. This is just another great example of these overly populous animals taking advantage of whatever environment they can get their little hooves on.
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