Lincoln College Deer "Very Touchy”

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31728, 11 July 1968, Page 18

Lincoln College Deer "Very Touchy”

The nine deer that arrived on Monday evening from Central Otago to form the nucleus of Lincoln College’s experimental deer farm are taking a little while to settle down to their new surroundings.

The 14-pointer stag was quiet, said Professor 1 E. Coop, professor of animal science at the college, but the other stags and hinds were very, very touchy. This was probably not unnatural he said, as in only a

few days they had come from the freedom of the high tops of Central Otago to the mud of the college’s research farm.

By standing up on one another, he said, they were nearly able to look over the Bft stockade built in the cattle yards on the research farm, but he had not seen any trying to jump the fence. “They are all still there,” said Professor Coop, “but we keeping our fingers crossed.” In the meantime, he said, tjiey were being treated with respect and college staff had not approached their enclosure to strengthen it. Professor Coop said that materials were being assembled for the fencing of the five acres on which the deer will eventually be held. It was hoped to push on with the fencing of this area and drive post holes early next week. At present the ground was so wet that vehicles could not get on to the area.