What's Killing the Key Deer?

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 ...

Rising sea levels threatening Key deer - Arkansas' Best News Source

Sea rise will continue to shrink freshwater and food sources Key deer need to survive, experts say. "So as the sea rises, that shrinks the ...

Figures Appendices - Monroe County

The proportion of Key Deer mortalities to human-caused deaths, for the period between 2006 and 2007, decreased by 3% and road kill mortality rate decreased by 5 ...

Flesh-eating maggots threaten endangered Key deer

Screwworms probably began killing the deer last summer, although managers didn't immediately realize what was happening. The United States ...

Key deer endangered by New World Screwworm outbreak

Progress is being made in the fight to save Florida's federally endangered Key deer population from decimation by a deadly parasite, ...

How Many Key Deer Are Left? The Florida Species Is Dying Out ...

However, the Key deer population was nearly demolished by Hurricane Irma in 2017, which killed about 30 percent of them. Article continues below ...

Reward Offered After Federally Protected Key Deer Shot Near Key ...

Authorities are investigating the shooting of a federally protected Key Deer near Key West that led to the endangered animal being ...

Climate change threatens endangered Key deer in Florida Keys

Key deer, the smallest subspecies of white-tailed deer, face a new threat as sea rise jeopardizes their habitat in the Florida Keys.

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

Salt water intrusion also is responsible for killing many of the Florida slash pines that gave Big Pine Key its name. Mangroves are growing in ...

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

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

Keys Crowd Says Keep Key Deer On Endangered Species List

They are rarely hunted now, but still are killed by cars and face challenges from habitat loss — which could be accelerated by sea level rise.

Key Deer Protection Alliance

Primary habitat MUST be protected; the species cannot survive if its range is limited only to those lands within the present National Key Deer Refuge. Short- ...

Saving endangered Key Deer - WJHG

Florida's wild Key ...

What do you think of removing Key deer as an endangered species?

Additionally, with all of its habitat no more than two feet above sea level, Key deer face significant threats from sea-level rise. However, ...

Endangered Key Deer Threatened by Rising Seas - OneGreenPlanet

The Key deer will lose all of their habitats if the Florida Keys archipelago becomes submerged. Sadly, this is projected to happen relatively soon. Already, ...

Key deer - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio

Hunting them was banned in 1939, but widespread poaching and habitat destruction caused the subspecies to plummet to near-extinction by the 1950s. Road kills ...

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

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

Tale Tuesday- Florida Key Deer - Facebook

The state and County also set aside land for the deer. Government officials made laws against hunting the deer feeding them and speeding on ...