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Red deer swim from Gelderland to Flevoland

Although it is the natural border between two provinces, the Veluwemeer (which separates Gelderland from Flevoland) did not appear to be an insurmountable obstacle for a group of red deer or a reason to stay on the Veluwe. Seven animals are said to have made the crossing by swimming recently, Staatsbosbeheer said earlier this week The Stentor know. At the narrowest point, the edge lake is a few hundred meters wide.

According to Staatsbosbeheer, it is the first time that the animals settle naturally in the province. Whether the arrival of the red deer enriches the province of Flevoland remains to be seen. The State Forestry and the province want to drastically reduce the number of red deer in the Oostvaardersplassen nature reserve, because the grazers damage the flora and fauna. For this reason, 1,800 red deer were already shot in the Oostvaardersplassen last year.

Nature network the Netherlands

The deer message could have meant the completion of the Ecological Main Structure (EHS), the later Nature Network of the Netherlands, which had to connect Dutch nature reserves. However, the EHS, introduced in 1990, was never fully implemented. The money was gone, then Secretary of State Henk Bleker (CDA) concluded in 2010, resulting in missing connection zones.

And so the red deer near Hierden, Gelderland, came across water and not an ecoduct across the Randmeer. It turned out to be an insurmountable herd consisting of males and females.

The place where the red deer supposedly crossed:

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