LaughingDove

Black-backed Jackal with Deer Leg

@Kalaw It's fairly common to see Muntjac in the enclosures at Hamerton, most identifiable as the vultures get a head. I've seen what I thought were CWD bits too, but Muntjac more.

Muntjac are of course subject to a fully open season in shooting terms (with advice indeed to shoot heavily pregnant does in the deer's breeding season to avoid leaving abandoned fawns) and the carcasses go for a low price per kilo in themselves, though stalking estates / shoots charge clients a decent amount to shoot them (and other wild deer, CWD, Roe, Fallow in this region and then Sika in pockets and Red further up North). I don't shoot them myself (well only with a camera!) but spend time at places that do. With no natural predators the population does tend to grow. And probably better shot by someone with some skill than gone under a car, on balance I guess.

Hamerton appear to have a steady supply.

Whipsnade get some in too, with a full leg being carried around by the male wolverine on my last but one visit. Though I thought that was Roe.
 

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