17,000 invasive axis deer were killed on Maui this year, but they just keep coming
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About 50 axis deer crowded around the fence line separating Maui Nui Botanical Gardens and Keopuolani Regional Park, startling the gardens staff on a recent Thursday afternoon.
The threat posed by the invasive deer was alarming because the gardens serve as a seed bank and are home to some of Hawaii’s rarest endemic and native plants.
“One night, with a herd like that, and a lot of our garden would be destroyed,” said executive director Tamara Sherrill.
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