14 DAY TRIAL // While some animals are threatened to go extinct, due to human intervention which puts their natural habitats in danger, authorities from Scotland revealed that the rapid expansion of deers in lowland and overpopulated urban areas triggers significant issues, such as an increased number of road accidents.
A recent report issued by the Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) suggests that deers made themselves responsible for up to 7,000 collisions in this country, in just one year. Deer experts highlight the fact that several areas have become hotspots for this kind of incidents.
At this point in time, the Scottish have invested a significant amount of money in developing appropriate shelters for these creatures in former industrial areas, which have all the conditions that can guarantee the wellbeing of the deer population.
Despite this fact, the uncontrolled deer expansion seems to be a problem which requires radical measures. New regulations that plan to solve this matter focus also on “well-organised deer culling,” in order to prevent future accidents.
If this measure is adopted, it will most likely raise a lot of criticism, as conservationists will blame the officials for supporting animal cruelty.
Even though exact numbers haven't been indicated so far, deer experts say that approximately 500,000 roe and sika deer live in lowland and upland Scotland, while another 300,000 red deers established their habitats in the Highlands.
Biologists say that the presence of deers is a key factor to the entire ecosystem's biodiversity, but also, their rapid growth has a long range of negative effects upon the life of individuals living in populated areas.
The ugly truth is that deer cause a lot of deadly accidents, ruin gardens and engage their efforts in unpleasant contacts with domestic animals, such as cats and dogs.
Despite this reality, people will most likely try to fight the new, stricter regulations which will state that a lot of deers have to be killed.
People can bare almost anything when it comes to their own safety, as long as it doesn't involve the deaths of hundreds of Bambi. Even if their measures aren't received with enthusiasm by a large segment of the population, the officials say that they will efficiently deal with all the resistance on this matter.