As the wild sika deer vanished, many sika had become domesticated livestock. They had been constantly inbreeding, leading lives of repeated mating and giving up their antlers, blood and bones.
當野生梅花鹿消失，許多梅花鹿則成為家畜，不斷近親繁殖，重複著生產、奉獻鹿茸、鹿血、鹿骨的一生。