Omaha, NE – Halloween decorations left outdoors could create unexpected hazards for white-tailed deer across the Heartland this week, particularly in Iowa and Nebraska communities where wooded neighborhoods, river corridors and agricultural properties overlap with wildlife habitat.
With Halloween approaching Saturday, October 31, families are being reminded that plastic trick-or-treat buckets, discarded pumpkins and loose decorations can pose avoidable dangers to animals moving through residential areas.
According to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, plastic pumpkin buckets with attached handles can become stuck on the heads of deer, potentially leaving animals struggling to remove the containers…