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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....

Deer strategy has lots of huff and puff, but short on action

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...

Deer should be listed as a pest animal – because they are!

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 […]...

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...

We can deal with deer

PARK WATCH September 2018 | There are real solutions to Victoria’s deer problem, but it will need commitment from government says our Parks Protection Campaigner Phil Ingamells. It seems an...

Sambar deer, Bogong High Plains, Alpine National Park

Pest animals get more than a glance

PARK WATCH September 2017 | A recent inquiry into the control of invasive animals on crown land came up with some sensible recommendations, says Phil Ingamells. There are many alien […]...