Taipei Times
Date: Jul 24, 2016
By: Tsai Tsung-hsien and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer

Pingtung County’s Manzhou Township (滿州) Mayor Chuang Chi-wen (莊期文) proposed corralling Formosan sika deer living in the Kenting (墾丁) region after repeated complaints over the agricultural damage caused by the deer have gone unanswered by the government.

There are about 2,000 Formosan sika deer in the region, many of which are moving north, presumably due to a shortage of food caused by overpopulation, the Manzhou Township Council said.

Large groups of deer have moved into the vicinity of Donggang Township (東港) and have been seen near black soya bean and dragon fruit farms, Chuang said, adding that any further movements to the north — toward the Nanjenshan (南仁山) Ecological Conservation Area — would be an ecological disaster for Kenting National Park.

The “errant deer” must be detained, Chuang said.     [FULL  STORY]