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Estate faces rising deer population - as cost of culls becomes unsustainable

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01.05.2025

The 10,500 acre Euston Estate near Thetford faces a big headache as culls are costly - and demand for some species of venison in particular is low.

Deer can wreak huge environmental and crop damage.

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A Muntjac buck (Image: Newsquest) A Deer Survey this spring by the Broads Authority found deer are having a "critical impact" on some fragile landscapes in the region - as well as on farmed crops.

The report cites culling as a means of limiting the damage and started the deer survey last year in order to try to understand the problem better by........

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