Estate faces rising deer population - as cost of culls becomes unsustainable |
The 10,500 acre Euston Estate near Thetford faces a big headache as culls are costly - and demand for some species of venison in particular is low.
Deer can wreak huge environmental and crop damage.
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A Muntjac buck (Image: Newsquest) A Deer Survey this spring by the Broads Authority found deer are having a "critical impact" on some fragile landscapes in the region - as well as on farmed crops.
The report cites culling as a means of limiting the damage and started the deer survey last year in order to try to understand the problem better by using drones as deer counts are difficult.
The estate - which is........