DutchNews, August 26, 2015
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| Photo: K Vliet via Wikimedia Commons |
Some of
the ‘surplus’ fallow deer in Amsterdam’s dune area near Zandvoort may be taken
to Bulgaria next year, rather than shot dead, if the full council agrees.
City
alderman Udo Kock says he is prepared to cooperate with the experiment, which
would involve transporting the deer to a national park in the south west of
Bulgaria, where, according to the Telegraaf, they will form prey for wolves.
Amsterdam city council executives two years ago voted in favour of plans to
cull hundreds of fallow deer in the city’s water catchment area in the dunes
south of Zandvoort.
The city has for years resisted pressure from locals and
other local authorities for a cull, saying time is needed to give other
measures time to work. Some 3,000 fallow deer live in the dunes, as well as
several hundred roe deer.
A high fence some 12 kilometres long has been built
around much of the reserve to stop the deer moving into farmland and
residential areas where they are said to damage crops and cause road accidents.
Experts at the Alterra institute now say the dune area, some 3,400 hectares in
size, can only cope with 600 to 800 deer and that 2,400 need to be killed.
Biodiversity
However, according to the Parool, wildlife group Rewilding Europe is in touch
with the people who run the Rhodopen national park in Bulgaria about moving
some of the Dutch deer there. They are keen to repopulate the area with deer
because it will be good for the biodiversity.
The Amsterdam water board
Waternet expects to begin the deer cull next year, the Parool says. Meanwhile,
animal protection group Dierenbescherming has launched a petition against the
cull, saying its reasoning is faulty.
A similar plan to move hundreds of deer
to other parts of Europe in 2013 was dropped because of the cost and the likely
stress it would cause the animals.
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(1) The balance of biological life. . . the circle of energy that is needed for you to exist in what you call "nature."
(2) To be harvested. Yes, it's true. Many exist for your sustenance, and this is appropriate. It is a harmony between Human and animal, and always has. Remember the buffalo that willingly came into the indigenous tribes to be sacrificed when called? These are stories that you should examine again. The inappropriateness of today's culture is how these precious creatures are treated. Did you know that if there was an honoring ceremony at their death, they would nourish you better? Did you know that there is ceremony that could benefit all of humanity in this way. Perhaps it's time you saw it.
(3) To be loved and to love. For many cultures, animals serve as surrogate children, loved and taken care of. It gives Humans a chance to show compassion when they need it, and to have unconditional love when they need it. This is extremely important to many, and provides balance and centering for many.
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