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OSAKA, Japan, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The number of wild Japanese deer in the Osaka area has jumped from 60 in 1979 to about 2,000 this year, thanks to the government's deer preservation project.
The Yomiuri Shimbun said deer in the Osaka prefecture were on the verge of extinction during the 1970s. However, the government initiated a program so successful that people are now complaining about damage caused by the animals.
Yomiuri said the government's estimate of 2,000 head of deer was based on an examination of the 493 deer killed by hunters in the prefecture during fiscal 2002, taking into account such factors as ratio between male and female deer, percentage of pregnant deer and their ages.
The deer preservation program in the prefecture included a total ban on deer hunting although the national government only prohibited taking female deer.
Now, in a reversal, Yomiuri says the prefectural government has lifted the deer hunting ban and has erected fences around fields to reduce deer damage.
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