We're urging people to please do not feed the deer in and around Cannock Chase. 🦌🌲

Our collagues at the county council and also the Cannock Chase National Landscape team are recieving regular reports of people feeding deer from their cars and also in nearby housing estates and it’s causing serious problems.

Deer are unforunately getting stuck in fences and football nets, and are also losing their natural fear of cars. The risk being when they start associating cars with food, they’re more likely to run into roads, leading to collisions.

Last year alone, rangers were called to over 164 deer collisions on Cannock Chase.

Feeding deer also makes them dependent on humans and vulnerable to poachers. Their stomachs aren’t designed for human food, which can make them seriously ill.

With spring here, you might spot baby deer (fawns). If you do, don’t touch or move them. Their mothers will return, but only if they don’t smell human scent on their young.

Help us protect these beautiful animals. Don't feed or approach the deer and keep your dogs away.

When driving, if you hit a deer or see one injured on the road, call 999. To report a dead deer on the roadside, call 101 so a deer warden can be sent out.

For more information take a look at the British Deer Society website: https://bds.org.uk/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2vdZQIJma3S5eLS2CqyHOdv-r5BHtTK7zFdcy_YfpflyTzrTKmlBN7_40_aem_hbU0D_iFd0PHbwXmlHe_6w