Bully’s Animal Welfare Report

We have been driving the UK roads for nearly 2 weeks and have noticed numerous animals on the side of the road, I thought I would investigate what they are.
Road Kill update: 22deer, these are Muntjac (originally from china) and Roe deer, no bigger than a young calf. Between 40,000 and 70,000 deer are killed or injured on UK roads every year these collisions cause significant damage to vehicles and many human injuries and deaths. It is estimated that between 10 and 20 people are killed and 700 injured every year due to deer related accidents. Motorcyclists are particularly vulnerable in direct collisions so must be extremely careful if travelling at night. Most accidents happen on the motorways with drivers swerving to miss the deer instead of a direct hit and maintaining control of the vehicle.
Plus: 2 Hawks, 2 Badgers, 2 Hares and 1 Fox.
Fallow deer are increasing at an alarming rate throughout the UK, Red Deer (native of UK) have stable numbers and are protected with special hunting conditions. Sika deer (introduced from Asia) and Chineses water deer, small numbers throughout the UK.
I have a concern about the lack of bird life. Walking through the forest and bush I have noticed a lack of bird song and sightings. There are huge numbers of pigeons, Canadian Geese & crows. Even on the King’s ponds there were mainly Canadian Geese and 2 pairs of Mallards.
There is a huge push here to leave the wild flowers and hedges to encourage bees and birds. The whole area we have been in over the last few days, is all cropping, which means constant spraying, According to the web the spraying has contributed to this problem a lot.Read more