VNPA leads a new joint letter calling for the unprotection of feral deer and instead list them as a pest. Sent to the Victorian Agriculture and Environment Ministers, the letter […]...

NEWS 16 August 2023 | Feral deer are spreading in droves across Victoria and Australia. There is a serious need to coordinate their management and removal across public and private […]...

The federal government’s National Feral Deer Action Plan is welcome progress on this serious invasive pest. But it doesn’t do enough for Victoria. We need definitive action to stop a million...

NEWS 16 March 2023 | Page last updated: 16/3/2023 The federal government’s National Feral Deer Action Plan (2022-27) is a welcome step forward. But we need decisive action if we’re...

VNPA submission to the National Deer Strategy. Feral deer are a growing threat to Victoria’s National Parks and natural areas, with an estimated population of 1 million covering the state....

NEWS 31 March 2022 | City dwellers are fascinated and enthralled by coming across wild animals in their urban environment – even if the wild animals are feral. Feral deer […]...

Feral deer destroy shrubs, ringbark trees, trample rainforests, wallow in wetlands, wreck orchardsd vineyards,d they’re a hazard on our roads. The state government’s recent East, West...

PARK WATCH December 2020 | It has taken two years, but the state government’s final strategy to control Victoria’s million-strong deer invasion has at last been released....

MEDIA RELEASE 30 October 2020 | The release of the Victorian Government’s Deer Control Strategy today acknowledges the significant threat deer bring to the state’s biodiversity, water supplies...

MEDIA RELEASE 11 December 2019 | Feral deer should be urgently listed as a pest as part of a state-wide deer control plan. Victoria is the now the only mainland […]...