A deer cull saved Winnie-the-Pooh forest — and fed the hungry
Wild deer are roaming Britain in their largest numbers for a millennium. An estimated population of two million poses a threat to woodland biodiversity and is causing significant damage to tree plantations and crops.
A conservation project in Sussex that gave rangers funding to shoot four times more deer not only protected the forest, but also provided venison for more than 170,000 donated meals at a cost of less than 60p per meal.
The trial, run by the Country Food Trust and funded by a wealthy conservationist, has proved such a success in its first
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