Just days after another decision against residents challenging the deer culling program that recently happened at the Mill Creek Metroparks, another appeal has been filed by the attorney's representing them.

In a May 6 decision, Judge Anthony Donofrio overruled objections made by the group to Magistrate Nicole Butler's March decision in favor of the park district.

He found that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife has the proper authority to approve the park's plan to hunt and kill deer.

Residents who filed the lawsuit in September challenged the park's contention that there were too many whitetail deer, challenging the plan to hold a lottery to choose hunters that would cull the deer population.

Metroparks officials expressed concerns over herd health, and deer damaging plants in the park.

Calling the park's methodology a "Deer Slaughter Plan", the lawsuit questioned the methods used by the park to calculate the deer population. It characterized the details of the plan as "sketchy".

Despite the recent decision, the second that sided with the park's district, the group filed for another appeal on May 10.

Here's Donofrio's original decision that was made May 6:

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