Whoever knew there were feral deer in Brisbane?
Honestly, I had no i-deer.
I’ve never seen any in my 25 odd years living in South East Queensland, though there are three main species, originally introduced in the early 1870’s, found around the western suburbs of Brisbane. They are considered pests for a variety of reasons and Brisbane Council undertakes an integrated approach to deer management which includes “monitoring, education, trapping, and shooting”. I repeat: shooting.
Just like dogs and cats that have been injured and need to recuperate, need to be re-homed, have been orphaned, or generally need to be rescued, Brisbane has a Rescue Deer Sanctuary.
Lyall Deer Sanctuary, nestled in the foothills of Mt Samson, has been taking in deer in need for over thirty years.
On site are also cows, goats, chickens and peacocks, all friendly and demanding pats (and pellets at $1 a bag). This is a nice place to introduce the Really Little People to animals.
The real positive about this outing, other than our picnic lunch and the fawns with wet noses who wanted cuddles, was that unlike with dogs and cats that need a home I had no interest in putting a deer in the back seat of the car.
Brizzy Mays Books and Bruschetta 
Oh, I will easily take the deer over the raccoon and pythons.
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Have enough of my own pythons, thank you, but would love to see racoon up close and personal.
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We used to have a place called “Deer Forest” that had all kinds of deer and reindeer that you could feed and pet. The owners sold it and it went down hill fast – it was closed in 2014. It was the end of an era as it had been in operation since 1949… Glad your sanctuary is going strong and is doing a great job introducing children to the deer.
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With so many children living in high rise and without pets any positive introductions to animals are worthwhile.
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Children in Florida love to be introduced to pythons and deer at our local retreat for school. They especially love pythons. I do remember now the nest of snakes in your old home.
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I was excited to find a koala in my backyard yesterday 🙂
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WOW. We have found turtles, crows, but not koalas.
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Wow, how lovely, I had no idea this existed.
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Same here. The things you find close to home when travel is restricted 🙂
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