Calls for deer cull in Kerry growing amid increase in road collisions

Local councillors have claimed an accident is happening every day during the rutting season

A red stag in Killarney National Park. There are about 1,000 red deer in Kerry. Picture: Valerie O'Sullivan

There are growing calls for a deer cull in Kerry as red and sika deer continue to spread beyond the borders of the national park in Killarney.

While there are no new statistics on the number of collisions caused by deer, local councillors have claimed as many as one accident is happening every day during the rutting season.