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What's Killing the Key Deer?


Climate change threatens habitat of Key Deer, other native species

The future for the deer and other species of the Lower Keys remains uncertain, what is certain is that a lot is being done to preserve them and ...

Now, more Key deer being killed by cars | FL Keys News

The population of endangered deer found only in the Florida Keys has taken a significant hit from both New World screwworm and vehicle ...

KEY DEER SHOOTING RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT AGENCY ...

“On Wednesday, November 16, the Service's Office of Law Enforcement was informed that a Key deer was shot and killed on a residential lot on Big ...

Wildlife Officials Say Relocation Could Protect Key Deer

BIG PINE KEY — In January, the state will relocate some Key deer to more southern Keys in order to protect them from threats such as humans, ...

Key Deer | GyPSy Guide

At only 80 pounds, the endangered Key Deer is the smallest subspecies of white-tailed deer and they are found exclusively in the Florida Keys.

Big Pine Key Man Accused Of Shooting Endangered Key Deer

A 33-year-old Big Pine Key man faces a third-degree felony charge after state wildlife officers say he shot and killed an endangered Key deer because it was ...

Numbers of Key Deer Deaths Stabilizing - Key West The Newspaper

The number of Key deer deaths due to New World screwworm infestation has remained stable at 132 for more than a week; however, U.S. Fish and ...

Florida Woman Charged in "Mercy Killing" of Endangered Key Deer

The agency released a brief statement that day explaining that the fatal shooting of the Key deer occurred in a residential area on Big Pine Key ...

Effects of Key deer herbivory on forest communities in the lower ...

Key deer, a diminutive subspecies of the white-tailed deer, are endemic to the lower Florida Keys. Habitat loss and over-hunting significantly lowered Key deer ...

Official: Pest that's been killing Key deer will be defeated

The infestation killed 135 Key deer, but none have died and no new infections have been reported since an infected deer was euthanized in early ...

How did the deer get in the Florida Keys? - Quora

The key deer is an endangered descendent of the white tailed deer that only lives in the Florida keys. The deer seems rare.

Florida's Endangered Key Deer – Is Time Running Out to Save Them?

Back in the 1970s the biggest cause of fawn mortality was drowning in “mosquito ditches” , hundreds of miles of which were dug on several ...

Florida's iconic Key deer face uncertain future as seas rise

After going nearly extinct in the middle of the 20th century due to hunting, experts say the diminutive Florida Key deer now face an even more existential ...

From the Ice Age to a New Age: Trekking Through the Key Deer

The habitat belonging to the Key Deer, as well as other uniquely Florida species, suffered the consequences of climate change. The higher sea levels took away ...

Florida's iconic Key deer face an uncertain future as seas rise | News

However, experts and wildlife advocates say this conservation success story today is at risk of being undone by climate change. Sea level rise ...

Chronic wasting disease, fatal to deer, arrives in Florida

Chronic wasting disease is a highly contagious and untreatable illness that kills deer and their close relatives. · The state's first confirmed ...

Management Strategies for Endangered Florida Key Deer - OAKTrust

Accordingly, Leopold had, and many in the wildlife profession still have, no qualms about hunting, eating meat, or inadvertently killing animals while capturing ...

National Key Deer Refuge - Trailer Traveler

They eat primarily plants but they'll happily make an exception and eat a handout from a tourist, which is dangerous for the deer. Please don't feed the key ...

3 indicted in killing of Key deer - Tampa Bay Times

Three teen-agers have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges they beat to death an endangered Key deer with a baseball bat.

Rising sea levels threatening Key deer | Northwest Arkansas ...

These charismatic diminutive deer have been listed as endangered for almost 60 years after their numbers dipped to about 50 from hunting and ...