Deer in Japan's Nara died with numerous plastic bags in stomach

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NARA, Japan - Numerous plastic bags were found in the stomachs of more than half of the 14 wild deer that have died in Nara Park in western Japan since March, prompting the local government to take ac

tion to protect them.

Their habit of eating plastic bags is likely to be linked to the fact that tourists take food from such bags to feed the deer, according to Rie Maruko, a veterinarian who belongs to the animal conservation group. Over 1,000 deer are out in the vast park and tourists are allowed to feed them with digestive and sugar-free deer crackers, or "shika sembei" in Japanese, which are sold in nearby shops.Deer, usually feeding on grass, are ruminants and have a four-chambered stomach. If their first chamber is filled up with nondigestive objects, they are not able to digest them or discharge them from their bodies.

"The deer that died were very skinny and I was able to feel their bones," Maruko said. "Please do not feed them anything other than the designated shika sembei."

 

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Culprits: 1) Companies who produce the plastic bags.. 2) people who purchase/ use them. 3) people who do not recycle them. 4) Government who fail to regulate properly.

Sad, if only JPN is concerened the same way for whales 🐳 as they do for the deers protecting them.

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