An animal rights campaigner says calls made at a Kerry farmers’ meeting for a bounty on deer are populist.
Gerry Boland was responding to the proposals made by Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae and Deputy Michael Cahill, which he describes as unhelpful.
He believes a national deer survey is needed as it’s unknown what the deer population is in the country.
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Mr Boland agrees overpopulation of the animal is an issue, but says the introduction of a deer bounty would be crude and unscientific.
He describes the situation as complex, and believes other measure need to be looked at:
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