Red deer under threat from Japanese rival

The Scotsman | October 12, 2002| | Copyright

RED DEER, for years the defining symbol of Scotland's wild landscape, could soon cease to exist on the mainland because they are being forced out by a non-native species.

Research by academics at St Andrews University suggests that large numbers of Japanese sika deer are interbreeding with red deer, creating a hybrid which could see the end of the native species within 50 years.

Sika deer are also reproducing faster than the indigenous species, and their invasion has drawn comparisons with that of the north American grey squirrel.

Professor Steve Buckland, the director of the Centre for ...

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