Is it time Tassie declared wild deer a pest?

They might look like Bambi but they’re making a big mess.

There are tens of thousands of fallow deer trampling across the landscape.

Some reckon keeping their partially protected status is a weird colonial hangover, they were introduced as a game animal for recreational hunting almost two centuries ago.

Now they outnumber some of our most iconic species.

Featuring reporter Meg Whitfield.

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