One of Ireland’s best-known wild animals, the sika deer, has been declared an invasive species in the European Union, raising questions around whether it must now be culled.
The smallest of the country’s three wild deer, sika was added to the EU list of alien invasive species of union concern last summer. Notice that the addition applied to Ireland was only published in recent days.
Its inclusion means c
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