“It has been a year since we resettled them in the area, and during that time the animals have not only adapted successfully, but have also had cubs. Such views give hope for the survival of the wild world in the area“, the company states.
According to experts in the field, by grazing the vegetation, deer play a key role in maintaining open habitats, which is of great importance for the preservation of biological diversity.
In addition, deer are also an important part of the food chain. They are also food for predators, and the remains of their bodies are eaten by vultures, eagles and ravens.
At the end of last year, BDZP and hunting and fishing company “Sokol“ – city of Harmanli, began joint work on the restoration of the fallow deer population in the Sakar region. 2️6 animals were displaced, whose movement is tracked with transmitters and photo traps to this day.
It is one of the three species of the deer family found in Bulgaria - red deer, fallow deer and roe deer. It owes its name to the horns, which are characteristic of males and have an impressive shape – widened at the tip into a spade shape. They vary from 50 to 70 centimeters. His first ones grow when he turns one year old, but they are spiky. It is only at the age of 3 that the young fawns get antlers with the characteristic shovel-shaped extension. “The Shovels“ they grow with age and reach their maximum size at the age of 10 years. The fallow deer is smaller, stockier and has shorter legs than the red deer. Its color is red-brown in summer, with beautiful light spots, and dark gray-brown in winter. They are not rare and completely white and black.