Goat population ‘explodes’: Let’s be humane

In a world ever more dependent on industrialised framing — and the horrors that intensification can inflict on animals — we seem to have developed a reluctance to confront our obligation to manage wildlife populations to protect the quality of life and security wild animals can enjoy.

Just last month, emaciated Sika deer on Innisfallen Island, in the heart of the Killarney National Park, were culled because a number of deer starved to death.