Majority of respondents to public consultation back deer cull

Majority of respondents to public consultation back deer cull

Wild Sika Deer high up in the Wicklow Mountains. Picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

A public consultation has overwhelmingly called for a cull of deer on biodiversity grounds.

The first major public consultation into the impact of the Irish deer population found that over 80% of respondents said the national deer herd is damaging biodiversity, while 86% support a cull.

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