tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post5090717887221883989..comments2023-04-04T09:31:49.481+02:00Comments on Aigronne Valley Wildlife: The mystery of the stag on the roofTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-36887825250852846612014-01-08T17:57:29.755+01:002014-01-08T17:57:29.755+01:00The parc du chateau at Verneuil is immense, and mo...The <i>parc du chateau</i> at Verneuil is immense, and most of it is forest. He's almost certainly in there, in which case he's pretty safe. He only had to go a couple of hundred metres. <br />That's a new roof he was on - if he'd landed on what was there when Google Street View's vehicle passed by in 2011, he'd have gone straight through. P.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-41717019269654928862014-01-08T11:45:34.932+01:002014-01-08T11:45:34.932+01:00The story made the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror, t...The story made the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror, the Huffington Post and numerous other on-line news sites. <br />There are indeed Sika deer at La Haute-Touche at Obterre, which specialises in herbivores and deer in particular. It's only 20km from Verneuil-sur-Indre which according to Tim is nothing to a deer, so Susan could be right about him coming from there - losing an animal - of an alien invasive species at that - would be bad publicity for them, though, as a serious research organisation.<br />There's a detailed distribution study using 2007 data by Christine Saint-Andrieux and others published in Faune Sauvage no. 285. There are pockets of sika all over France, the nearest being a fair-sized introduced population in the Orleanais at Chanzy (45). That's a bit too far away, I think. P.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-29694400818074553052014-01-08T09:58:27.419+01:002014-01-08T09:58:27.419+01:00BTW, what about the possibility it came from La Ha...BTW, what about the possibility it came from La Haute Touche? Like the wolf they had previously did.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-24558489614755646312014-01-08T08:57:50.543+01:002014-01-08T08:57:50.543+01:00I had not seen this story. I did not know about t...I had not seen this story. I did not know about the introduced silka deer either. I will try and find out what we have around this area.Afrenchgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02137203767933953764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-86075204506260222512014-01-08T08:34:56.390+01:002014-01-08T08:34:56.390+01:00The poor thing.
I hope it got away entirely and is...The poor thing.<br />I hope it got away entirely and is now building a family of its own, in the wild.<br />I worry about all the shooting going on around here. Killing for fun seems just wrong. Killing for food is ok but I try not to dwell on the thought that many animals must suffer terribly if not killed outright.<br />Even so, I could never be a vegetarian.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-38954619164235536892014-01-07T18:02:55.044+01:002014-01-07T18:02:55.044+01:00Excellent post and intriguing theory which hadn...Excellent post and intriguing theory which hadn't occurred to me. I commented on Colin and Elizabeth's blog about the fact that it was non-native. Did you know that the roof it was stuck on now has a deer in Christmas lights? You can see it as you drive through town. That amused me, but I haven't stopped to photograph it. I didn't realise the story had been picked up around the world.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.com