While wild deer are protected within and around Nara Park, up to 180 animals have been killed annually in a “controlled zone” outside the protected areas to prevent the animals from damaging ...

NARA--Authorities here issued a plea to tourists not to mistreat the wild deer at Nara Park after video footage went viral of a man kicking one of the protected animals. The deer are a major ...

Nara City features an expansive park near the city center, replete with herds of deer that wander about freely. When temperatures fall in winter, the deer can be seen foraging for food while ...

the sacred Japanese sika deer (Cervus nippon), protected for over a millennium, has recently seen a population surge around Nara Park. Genetic analysis reveals mixing between sacred deer from the ...

Visitors can experience a unique and ethical animal encounter with hundreds of protected deer that roam around Nara Park. But there are more things to see in Nara, Japan than the deer in Nara Park.

More than 1,200 have made the city their home, mostly congregating in central Nara Park, where tourists wanting to generate a mini stampede can buy packets of crackers to feed them. The deer are ...

One such place is Nara, a city in central Japan. Within minutes of arriving, I spotted two sika deer casually lounging ... when they’d head towards a park in search of fresh grass and leave ...

the Nara deer are deeply embedded in the city's heritage, especially in sacred sites like Nara Park and the Todai-ji temple.

Nine deer have died in Japan's Nara Park over the last four months after swallowing plastic bags, a wildlife group says. The Nara Deer Preservation Foundation said they found huge masses of ...