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Now these deer depend on humans for food and won't forage for themselves. They could effectively die from starvation during this pandemic. This is why you shouldn't feed wild animals.

I really like this photo. Always love nature!

They could effectively die from starvation during this pandemic. 

If handing out snacks artificially inflated the number of deer, yes some could die if the natural environment in that area wasn't designed to support those numbers.

Now these deer depend on humans for food and won't forage for themselves. They could effectively die from starvation during this pandemic. This is why you shouldn't feed wild animals.

Contrary to what the fake news tells you, these deer still feed on plants.

https://narashikanko.or.jp/en/feature/deer/

Nara is known for its "deer crackers," or "shika senbei" but in fact the deer within Nara Park are wild animals, and are perfectly capable of finding their own food. Throughout the year, a deer will typically eat several varieties of plant, including grass, silver pampass grass, and other varieties of land grasses. Nara's deer are actually divided into two types based on their diet: "park deer," who reside in the flat lands of Nara Park, and "Mount Wakakusa deer." For both, however, grass makes up the majority of their meals. This great dependence on grass makes Nara deer very different from other species of deer in Japan.

From a drone above: You are in violation of social distancing and not wearing masks. Correct this behavior or no senbei for you.

Nara deer are not depending on senbei which visitors give for so many years, so they do not die from starvation, but some die of sickness sometimes, not often.

Sooner or later, some deer borne parasite or virus will infect humans there. These animals are filthy. They should be running around. Instead, they eat crackers and crap and piss all over the place. Many of these deer are sick and obese.

I use to take Japanese tourists up to Yosemite when I lived in the US. I would always have to tell them to NEVER feed the animals because, 1. They stop foraging for food on their own, and become dependent on humans to feed them. They then wind up dying of starvation during the winter when there are less tourist.

And #2 (which is even more important). They become too comfortable with humans, and approach people expecting them to feed them.

Gotta remember that these are wild animals and not cute little dogs or cats. If they fear you and sense that their lives are in danger, they can easily maul or kill an adult or a child.

Food for thought, deer (which are quite tasty) are responsible for a great deal of damage in the forests due to their overpopulation and lack of natural predators (Japanese Wolf was hunted to extinction by edict of the government) and falling numbers of licensed hunters. The herd of deer at the park is Nara needs to be thinned. Deer in rut can also be quite aggressive against humans including children.

Oh deer, no crackers for you! Is this mob rule?