Liuqiu Sika Deer Ecological Park Introduction
Originally, there were no Formosan sika deer on Green Island. In the 1960s, the deer were introduced for farming and velvet harvesting. This eventually developed into a unique deer farming industry on Green Island, reaching its peak between 1977 and 1983, with over two thousand deer on the island. However, as deer farming became popular across Taiwan, the price of deer antler fell significantly, making deer farming economically unviable. Many deer farmers released their sika deer into the wild, allowing the species, which had long been extinct in the wild on the main island of Taiwan, to find a new lease on life in the forests of Green Island. The Formosan sika deer, which remains a precious ecological resource on Green Island, has designated a specific area as the Sika Deer Park, allowing visitors to get closer to and learn about the ecology of the deer.
