Japan's Deer Problem

In Japan, the shika deer are revered and worshipped... but also culled in huge numbers (half a million in 2020).

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Correction: Ayaka Hata and Shigeki Hirata are researchers from National Agriculture and Food Research Organization. (Not from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)

Sources
- Estimation of Japanese deer population minus Hokkaido https://www.rinya.maff.go.jp/j/hogo/h...
- Estimate of Hokkaido deer population https://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/fs/7/...
- SENJOGAHARA The Hike in the Heart of a Protected Marsh
https://www.kanpai-japan.com/nikko/se...
- Countermeasures against Deer in Senjogahara https://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/p...
- One of Japan's leading marshlands in Oku-Nikko http://www.nikko-kankou.org/spot/10/
- Forest damage caused by deer https://www.rinya.maff.go.jp/j/hogo/h...
- Crop damage caused by deer https://www.maff.go.jp/j/seisan/tyozy...
- Rebellion of the Wild https://www.nippon.com/en/features/c0...
- Age of hunters in Japan https://www.env.go.jp/nature/choju/do...
- Number of hunters in Japan https://www.env.go.jp/nature/choju/do...
- Land abandonment and changes in snow cover period accelerate range expansions of sika deer https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f...
- Livestock Production Hokkaido University https://ocw.hokudai.ac.jp/wp-content/...
- Deer problem growing fast https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/200...
- Damage caused by deer https://www.rinya.maff.go.jp/j/hogo/h...
- Deer traps https://www.rinya.maff.go.jp/j/hogo/h...
- Number of culled animals that are processed into game meat https://www.maff.go.jp/j/nousin/gibie...
- Clipart images from https://www.irasutoya.com/

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