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Deer, together with chamois and tahr, thrived and multiplied rapidly in New Zealand’s predator-free alpine and forest environments. This 1959 video shows bands of deer in the high country of the Southern Alps.
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Reference: Mountain lands in jeopardy. National Film Unit, 1959
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