The Deer and other animals at my local park

nikki702

Hi everyone, I dont know if I am allowed to post this here but ...

At my local park (Clissold Park) they have some animals like a mini zoo and have not been looking after them properly, 2 of the deer have been killed due to neglect and they are being kept in terrible conditions...

In the last 6 months alone is 3 deer dead (2 of them killed), 4 rabbits killed, 44 birds and chickens missing presumed dead. The animals suffer the stress of living on less than one acre inside a building site with inadequate security, attacked by vandals, dogs and foxes, fed junk food by the public and tended by untrained gardeners



There is a petition for Hackney Council to rehome the deer so far it has over 1400 signatures please feel free to sign...

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/6/help-free-the-clissold-park-deer/

There is also a facebook page set up you can "like" the page to be kept up to date

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Help-Free-The-Clissold-Park-Deer/205010729512401

Local news report:

http://www.stokenewingtongazette.co.uk/news/yet_another_deer_found_dead_in_stoke_newington_s_clissold_park_1_808245


For anyone living close there is a picket, 11 AM on Saturday 19th of March at south side of the deer pen, Clissold Park near the entrance from Stoke Newington Church Street London N16. Tell your friends!

I really hope these poor animals can be helped

tankgirl1

Is there a vet who tends for this herd?

nikki702

Tankgirl I dont think they have a regular vet to check the deer but here is what a vet had to say when he visited in August, things have only got worse since.

http://www.stokenewingtongazette.co.uk/news/deer_suffering_needlessly_during_clissold_park_9million_refurbishment_1_671721

Caroline_a

Where are the RSPCA in this??

nikki702

The RSPCA are aware of this, in 2007 a vet carried out work for the RSPCA and rehomed some of the male deer

The story is here:

http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/renewed_fears_for_clissold_park_deer_1_661167

nikki702

I have been given a bit more info so thought I would update:

There are 7 deer in the park:

Stanley The Stagg has been vasectomised he can't have babies.

The 2 fawns in the pen were sired by 2 adolescents who were shipped pronto to the royal gunpowder mills -- 175 acres of woodland and grazing -- deer heaven.

Stan's a fallow deer and has 4 doe friends plus the (female) 2 fawns.

The deer vet who visited last August saw that he had a lacerated lip from a dog attack that morning.

A deer was put down in August after a break in by vandals

A doe died on 14 feb following a dog attack -- no-one called the vet the day before even though she was lying down.

The 3rd deer (doe) died a week later from a stress-aggravated infection.

And Hackney Council still refuse to rehome the deer!