Desmond
O’Donovan, a student at the Science Leadership Academy chose to study
animal-car collisions for a school project on a local or global issue. Driving
along Cresheim Drive earlier with his Dad, he saw a young deer felled on the
sidewalk and came back later with his Mom to photograph and examine the mishap.
He’s been doing research into the issue and sharing his information with
classmates and on blogs. He believes collisions might be reduced by educating
drivers to drive more slowly in the Wissahickon where, he says, deer are
overabundant and possibly, also, by lowering the speed limit.  For the activity requirement of his
project, O’Donovan may try to raise awareness about the problem.

Update from O’Donovan 4/2/13

You
might be interested to know that i have decided what i am doing for the
project. i’m going to try to get a deer crossing sign posted on Wissahickon Ave
and Mount Pleasant.

People can help to get a deer crossing sign posted near Carpenter’s Woods by
going to this link http://potholes.phila.gov/csstreets.
Under Roadways, click Signs and please fill out the form requesting that a deer
crossing sign be placed at the intersection of  Wissahickon Ave. and Mount
Pleasant Rd. or writing to the district city council person Cindy Bass at cindy.bass@phila.gov