A red deer stag surveys its surroundings in Killarney National Park. Photograph: Valerie O'Sullivan/NPWSAlmost 400 deer were culled in the Killarney National Park in 2025, figures released by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) reveal. The majority of wild deer taken out in the 10,000-hectare park in Killarney were the introduced sika, but significant numbers of the much larger and native red deer were also included. Wildlife rangers culled 116 red deer and 276 sika deer, the new figures state. Wild deer in Killarney have expanded their range well beyond the national park and now number in their thousands, local representatives have said.

Source: The Irish Times December 29, 2025 20:55 UTC