In Japan, the shika deer are revered and worshipped... but also culled in huge numbers (half a million in 2020).

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Correction: Ayaka Hata and Shigeki Hirata are researchers from National Agriculture and Food Research Organization. (Not from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)

Sources
Estimation of Japanese deer population minus Hokkaido https://www.rinya.maff.go.jp/j/hogo/h...
Estimate of Hokkaido deer population https://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/fs/7/...
SENJOGAHARA The Hike in the Heart of a Protected Marsh
https://www.kanpaijapan.com/nikko/se...
Countermeasures against Deer in Senjogahara https://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/p...
One of Japan's leading marshlands in OkuNikko http://www.nikkokankou.org/spot/10/
Forest damage caused by deer https://www.rinya.maff.go.jp/j/hogo/h...
Crop damage caused by deer https://www.maff.go.jp/j/seisan/tyozy...
Rebellion of the Wild https://www.nippon.com/en/features/c0...
Age of hunters in Japan https://www.env.go.jp/nature/choju/do...
Number of hunters in Japan https://www.env.go.jp/nature/choju/do...
Land abandonment and changes in snow cover period accelerate range expansions of sika deer https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f...
Livestock Production Hokkaido University https://ocw.hokudai.ac.jp/wpcontent/...
Deer problem growing fast https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/200...
Damage caused by deer https://www.rinya.maff.go.jp/j/hogo/h...
Deer traps https://www.rinya.maff.go.jp/j/hogo/h...
Number of culled animals that are processed into game meat https://www.maff.go.jp/j/nousin/gibie...
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