ABSTRACT The tooth eruption and wear (TEW) technique for aging wild European fallow deer (Dama dama dama) in Tasmania, Australia has been in use for>15 yr, but it is also subjective and relies on the ...

FORMER Australian Greens leader Bob Brown has recommended shooting wild deer from helicopters in a bid to cull the species. In a submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry looking into Tasmania’s wild ...

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 new Tasmanian government plan to address the state’s rising feral deer numbers has been criticised as favouring hunters over farmers and the wilderness. LATEST PLAN >> The Primary Industries, Parks, ...

Farmers and the Invasive Species Council are fed up with a lack of action on Tasmania’s feral deer problem. Why there are calls for action. Invasive Species Council’s Tasmanian Conservation Officer Dr ...

THE State Government says a new Game Species Unit will be set up to investigate the potential of a wild venison industry in Tasmania. Local game meat producers and chefs have already indicated their ...

Invasive Species Council’s Tasmanian Conservation Officer Dr Tiana Pirtle said feral deer numbers were growing by 11.5 per cent per year and had spread to now cover 27 per cent of the state as well as ...