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Red deer in New Zealand: Game animal, economic resource or environmental pest?
Author(s) -
Figgins Guil,
Holland Peter
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
new zealand geographer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1745-7939
pISSN - 0028-8144
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2012.01219.x
Subject(s) - recreation , geography , resource (disambiguation) , value (mathematics) , game reserve , ecology , wildlife , biology , computer network , machine learning , computer science
The 150‐year history of red deer in New Zealand reflects changing relations between people and introduced animals and has involved recreational, environmental and commercial hunting. Hunters initially pursued red deer for recreation then for environmental control before the animals were subsumed into society's economic processes. After 1930, they were regarded as environmental pests and hunting was open to all. Commercial hunting started after World War II, when economic value redefined the relationship between red deer and people. Relations between people and red deer continued to evolve as New Zealanders generated progressively more refined understandings of nature and the place of introduced species in this country's diverse environments.