Wednesday, a team of researchers at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom published a study of the increasing deer population in the United Kingdom, in the Journal of Wildlife Management.  They proposed to cull about half each year out of the estimated 1.5 million deer population.
Wikinews interviewed senior lecturer in ecology Dr. Paul Dolman, the lead author of the study, about the problems being faced from the increase in deer population.
((WN))  What prompted your research into the effect of the deer population on other wildlife?
((WN))  What sort of problems are arising from the continuing increase in the deer population?
((WN))  Which species of deer had the most severe impact on other animals and wildlife?
((WN))  Is there an absence in the number of natural predators of the deer, which would otherwise control population?

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Wikinews interviews British scientist Dr Paul Dolman about proposal to cull deer population