Liuqiu Sika Deer Ecological Park Introduction
Originally, Green Island did not have sika deer habitats, but in the 1960s, people began to introduce and raise sika deer for velvet production and sale. This eventually developed into a unique sika deer farming industry on Green Island, reaching its peak between 1977 and 1983, when there were over 2,000 sika deer on the island. However, as the deer farming industry in Taiwan became saturated and the price of deer velvet plummeted, raising deer became economically unviable. Many deer farmers released their sika deer back into the wild, allowing the sika deer, which had been extinct in the wild on the main island of Taiwan for many years, to regain a foothold in the forests of Green Island. The sika deer, still considered a precious ecological resource, is one of the important focuses for Green Island. A designated area has been established as a sika deer park, allowing visitors to get closer to and learn about the ecology of sika deer.
