Farmers welcome progress on deer management strategy

"Uncontrolled growth in deer is not good for biodiversity, for road safety, or for farming."

"It is clear we need better information about how many deer are in the country, but it is beyond question that numbers have exploded," Hugh Farrell of the ICSA has stressed.

Farmers have welcomed progress being made by the Deer Management Strategy Group following a stakeholder meeting recently.

The formation of the group was announced in October last year.