Don’t bully Deer in Nara Park!

Recently, some tourists use violence to deer(slapping, kicking, sitting on their back)and trying to feed them garbage.
These are animal cruelty!
The deer in Nara Park are said to be messengers of God.
Until the Edo period (1603-1867), a person who caused a deer to die was sometimes executed.
Humans and deer have been living together in Nara for more than 1,300 years.
Please don‘t bully deer!


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Illustration by Uguisu Kasuga
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