Green Island Sika Deer Ecological Park Introduction
Originally, there were no Formosan Sika deer on Green Island. However, since the 1960s, people began to introduce and raise them for their antlers, which were sold. Over time, this developed into a unique deer farming business on Green Island, reaching its peak between 1977 and 1983, when there were more than 2,000 Formosan Sika deer on the island. However, as deer farming in Taiwan became widespread, the price of deer antler fell sharply, making it economically unviable. Many deer farmers released their deer into the mountains, leading to the rediscovery of Formosan Sika deer in the forests of Green Island after they had disappeared from the wild on the main island of Taiwan for many years. The rare Formosan Sika deer is now one of the important ecological resources on Green Island, and an area has been designated as a Sika deer park to allow visitors to get closer to and learn about the ecology of the deer.
