The Hundred Acre Wood, Winnie the Pooh’s fictional(虚构的) home, was inspired by(受……启发) Ashdown Forest in East Sussex. Pooh’s adventures feature(以……为特色) many creatures; noticeably(明显地) missing are any deer. That would not be so were they written today.(假如故事写于今天，就不会如此了。) The forest is now home to 15 deer per square kilometre. Walk its hills and there’s a decent chance(很大的可能性) you’ll spot a 30-strong(30头之多的) herd. If not, the keen-eyed(目光锐利的) can easily see signs of their presence: from bark-stripped saplings to trees nibbled neatly up to the “browsing line(啃食线)” some 1.6 metres off the ground, the highest point most fallow deer(黇鹿) can reach.
小熊维尼的虚构家园“百亩森林”灵感来源于东萨塞克斯郡的亚士顿森林。维尼的冒险故事中出现了许多生物，但明显缺少鹿。假如故事写于今天，就不会如此了。如今该森林每平方公里有15头鹿。漫步山丘，你很有可能看到一群30头左右的鹿。若看不到，眼尖的人也能轻易发现它们存在的痕迹：从被剥去树皮的树苗，到被啃得整整齐齐、离地约1.6米的“啃食线”——那是大多数黇鹿能够到的最高点。
Nobody knows how many deer live in Britain. The most common estimate, 2m, is at best an educated guess(有根据的猜测). But it is clear that their numbers are rising. Birdwatchers have reported both bird and mammal sightings(目击记录) to the British Trust for Ornithology since the 1990s. Over the past 15 years sightings of both fallow and muntjac(麂鹿) deer have more than doubled; those of roe(狍鹿) are up by 42% (see chart). The government’s recently published policy paper on deer impact says, bluntly(直言不讳地): “It’s clear that the management approach to date(迄今为止) has failed.”
没人知道英国有多少鹿。最常见的估计是200万头，这充其量是有根据的猜测。但很明显，它们的数量在增长。自1990年代以来，观鸟者一直在向英国鸟类学信托基金报告鸟类和哺乳动物的 sightings。过去15年，黇鹿和麂鹿的 sightings 翻了一倍多；狍鹿的 sightings 增加了42%（见图表）。政府最近发布的关于鹿影响的政策文件直言不讳地说：“很明显，迄今为止的管理方法已经失败。”
That is a problem. Deer cause up to 74,000 road accidents a year. They destroy crops and are a nightmare for(……的噩梦) biodiversity. In 2023 Derriford Hospital, in Plymouth, had to increase security after two bucks(雄鹿) were filmed gallivanting(闲逛) down a corridor.
这是个问题。鹿每年造成多达7.4万起道路事故。它们毁坏农作物，是生物多样性的噩梦。2023年，普利茅斯的德里福德医院不得不在两头雄鹿被拍到在走廊里闲逛后加强安保。