Donal Hickey: US culling system has merit

Stories regularly circulate about crashes and near misses involving motorists and out-of-control deer which get onto public roads from Killarney National Park, writes Donal Hickey. 

Central to the issue is the ongoing controversy about deer management and culling of wild deer found on lowlands and mountainous areas of the park.

It’s interesting to look at the way animals in the wild are managed in other countries, especially in north America where bighorn sheep are prized targets by gamehunters prepared to pay six-figure sums for permits to shoot them.