Caption In Nara City, Japan, the sacred Japanese sika deer (Cervus nippon), protected for over a millennium, has recently seen a population surge around Nara Park.Genetic analysis reveals mixing ...

NARA--Authorities here are reeling from allegations ... old Kasuga Taisha shrine is believed to have arrived there on a sacred deer. For that reason, the species has been preserved for more ...

The sacred deer of Nara Park, Japan, are facing a serious threat due to plastic waste left behind by tourists. The park’s 1,300 sacred sika deer, revered for centuries, are creasingly suffering ...

NARA--A man has been arrested here under suspicion of violating the Cultural Assets Preservation Law for killing a deer--God’s sacred messenger according to ancient myth--an act that once was a ...

Considered sacred, the deer are not only protected, but hand-fed specially-made deer crackers. Nara deer have a reputation for bowing politely to request a cracker but I soon discovered that the ...

As peckish deer chase delighted tourists in Japan's temple-dotted Nara Park, a quiet but dedicated team of litter-pickers patrols the stone paths, collecting plastic waste that threatens the ...

Nara City features an expansive park near the city center, replete with herds of deer that wander about freely ... to live here as they are considered sacred animals.