As close as I got back in aught-10, as seen from Pierce Point Road:
And here’s the whole story.
Females only these days, Jurassic Park-style. They should die off by 2021 or so…
Posts Tagged ‘effect’
The Vanishing White Deer of Point Reyes – “White raises them to mythical status” – Soon They’ll All be Gone
Thursday, November 30th, 2017The White Fallow Deer of Point Reyes – Originally from SF Zoo in 1948 – “NPS Genocide” and “The Bambi Effect”
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010This is the closest I’ve ever been to The White Deer of 4.5 star Yelp-rated Point Reyes National Seashore. It was the view I had from Pierce Point Road.
Now, back in the day, the National Park Service was hiring snipers to hunt down the non-native Fallow and Axis Deer so that Tule Elk and other native species would have an easier life. Well, as detailed by Zachary Zoblig, the “Bambi Effect” kicked in like you wouldn’t believe. Thusly:
“They’re just beautiful — they’re like unicorns when they come bounding out of the mist.”
After all the commotion, the NPS gave up on the hunting idea. The new approach is a massive contraceptive program that will eliminate these critters by 2025 or so.
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The Friends of the White Deer and Save the Point Reyes Deer are just going to have to live with that…
Good luck, Bambi.
Details of the plan, after the jump
