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The rusa deer, Cervus timorensis russa, has become fully acclimatised to the subtropical conditions prevailing in La Reunion Island. Fourteen farms are referenced to date, breeding a stock of some 2,200 hinds. The first deer were introduced there during the seventeenth century from Indonesia, by European sailors who wanted to find fresh animal protein on their voyage to India. The first animal husbandry was nevertheless settled in the 1980s, with a view to utilise marginal land which could not be used by any other agricultural speculation. Deer are principally reared extensively, within a propitious sanitary environment, and animal productivity is good with an average of 0.7 weaned fawn per hind and per year. Local authorities have encouraged the development of smaller intensive farms to diversify animal productions on the island, but because of the high mortality rates in new-born fawns this kind of production appears to yield mediocre economic results. Rural development institutions are supporting venison producers in such areas as market organisation, pasture management, and pathological survey. On this multiethnic island, venison is consumed by all religious populations, contrary to porl and beef meat. The total demand for venison meat is estimated to exceed 100 tons per year: local production is about 30 tons, while imports, mainly from Europe and New Zealand, reach 50 tons. An increase in both animal productivity and the number of deer farmers could lead to an increase in the local venison production. Furthermore, the deer farming sector could be at the heart of such regional co-development programs as are strongly encouraged by the President of the Regional Council and as already initiated with nearby Maurititus in the field of pasture management.

L’élevage du cerf sur l’Ile de la Réunion voie de diversification d’une agriculture insulaire et enjeu de coopération régional