Red Deer grazing, Moora Track, Grampians National Park, Victoria Australia . Photo: Rexness | Flickr | CC BY-SA 2.0

National Feral Deer Action Plan welcomed by conservationists

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 […]...
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Deer action: the buck stops here

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...
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Deer action: an end to the chomping and stomping

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...
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Deer in the suburbs

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 […]...
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Time to list feral deer as a pest

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...
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Victoria’s Deer “Strategy”

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....
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Compare the pair

PARK WATCH June 2019 | Parks Victoria’s well-considered Draft Barmah Wetland Strategy outclasses the Environment and Resources Departments’ non-committal Draft Deer Strategy by a mile, says VNPA...
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