– It was dead, luckily, says Ingun Irene Sviggum Helgerud to Dagbladet about the deer.
It was she who found the deer when she went for a walk up to Nordbykollen in Drammen on Saturday morning. Helgerud reported the find to the Wildlife Board.
The keen hiker did not find it unpleasant to find the deer.
– It’s the course of nature – predators must have food. I was most concerned that no dogs should have taken it, says Helgerud.
The deer was almost half-eaten, which is why the Wildlife Board believes it could not have been a dog that fed itself.
Acquitting dogs
– A dog would not have eaten in this way, says Kai Harald Wang of the Wildlife Board Drammens Tidendewho mentioned the case first.
PROVIDE WELL: The deer was half-eaten, a dog could not have done that, says Viltnemda. Photo: Ingun Irene Sviggum Helgerud
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The Game Board therefore suspects that it is a fox or a lynx that has provided itself with the deer.
On Thursday afternoon, Helgerud was also on a trip to Nordbykollen, but then she did not see the deer. This morning, however, a fox or lynx had had a man’s meal.
Drammen municipality is among the municipalities that have introduced extraordinary curfews.
The Wildlife Board advises reporting to them if you come across a dead deer on a walk.
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Hiker Helgerud is not a dog owner herself, but often has two dogs with her when she goes for a walk in the Drammens-marka. However, she always has them on a leash.
– I often meet people who walk their dogs loose, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. It was therefore very good to get confirmation that these were predators.
Winter is a hard time for deer, because the supply of food is small. In addition, it can be difficult to move in the snow.
Last week the game wardens had to euthanize three deer that had been chased by dogs.
The City Environment Agency in Oslo has recently had to euthanize several deer due to injuries caused by dogs, and is now considering introducing extraordinary leashing, as Dagbladet mentioned earlier.
At Nordbykollen in Drammen, there are clearly both deer and predators.
– It’s very nice to have predators close to where I live – it’s only about 500 metres.
