Roe deer disappearing from Denmark
The number of roe deer in Denmark is continuously declining. Not so in northern Germany.
A strange phenomenon is spreading in Denmark: there are fewer and fewer roe deer. Since 2011, recreational hunters have been able to shoot fewer and fewer roe deer. The weather, more foxes, or more deer do not appear to be the cause.
DCE rules out some causes
The National Centre for Environment and Energy suspects that the disappearance may be linked to an infectious disease, combined with a reduced capacity of ecosystems to sustain the animals.
Climate change increases parasite pressure
«Certainly, climate change also contributes its part,» says Dr. Armin Deutz. The reason: parasite pressure increases due to milder climates. Denmark is a country shaped by agriculture. Green spaces are frequently mown and treated with liquid manure. More on the topic of environment and nature conservation and biodiversity.
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: What the research says about this is shown by Hunting fact-checked: the state of research.
The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
