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Deer population control Pheonix park

Sheepdish1 · 2019-04-14 11:29:34

Hi, just wondering why deer are culled in the Pheonix Park as opposed to neutered? I know they are beautiful animals but I’m not looking to start a debate on whether it is right or wrong. I’m sure other options were researched and it was decided that this was the best option. They are in a urban area so this would have…

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#62 21-04-2019 9:33am
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endacl wrote: »

It’s not about keeping the numbers down. It’s about keeping sustainable numbers of the healthiest specimens.

Surely it's both so? The park has what would be considered a maximum capacity for deer, which needs to be maintained, and a culling would hopefully simulate what would be a naturalist process of the weak and old being preyed on.

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