MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – If you saw a government letter telling you to remove concrete deer ornaments from your yard, ignore it.
The DNR says it’s a hoax.
The letter tells people to remove concrete ornaments from their yards by November 1st, because some may have been included by mistake in the state’s counting of the deer herd.
The letter has been circulating on social media. Officials caught wind of it Monday.
Tuesday, the DNR not only issued a statement to the media — it told Facebook readers the letter was a hoax. That attracted sarcastic comments, one of which asks if banning pink flamingos is next.
An astute reader can tell that the letter is a fake.
Kurt Thiede is listed in the top letterhead as the DNR’s deputy secretary — but at the bottom, he’s named as the secretary with his last name spelled wrong. He’s not the secretary, anyway. Cathy Stepp is.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
