Tasmania's fallow deer population has exploded according to results from a recent survey, leading the state's peak farming body to declare it is on the trajectory to be "the next rabbit". Political ...

Tasmania's population of feral deer has increased by nearly 20,000 from 2019 to 2024, a survey has found. The Invasive Species Council says the increase shows the government's deer management strategy ...

Ted Lefroy has received funding in the past from the National Environmental Research Program, Meat and Livestock Australia, and the Grains Research and Development Corporation. Christopher Johnson has ...

A motion establishing hunters as the primary method of feral deer control – on the grounds it represented a “balanced and practical approach to deer management” – passed the Tasmanian parliament on ...

A leading deer expert has warned Tasmania’s new hunting-focused control strategy is ‘fanciful’ as feral populations continue to surge across the state. A motion establishing hunters as the primary ...

Tasmania's feral deer population has had an "unanticipated" increase of nearly 20,000 in a five-year period. An aerial survey was conducted in October 2024 of central and north-east Tasmania, the main ...