Dama mesopotamica

The Persian Fallow Deer is considered a species of deer by some authors and a subspecies by others (as Dama dama mesopitamica), and is likely an intermediate between the two. It readily hybridizes with Dama dama, and offspring are fertile. Some areas, mainly in Anatolia, are populated with self-sustaining herds of hybrids.
== Conservation ==
I was researching the deer an noticed a cultural shock: that the conservationists who grew the deer and released them were upset by the wolves eating one!https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-comeback-kids-persian-fallow-deer-reestablishing-themselves-up-north-1.8939369 This shows the cultural differences between countries. In the United States predation is expected and hoped for to encourage the other population. The deer have to maintain enough numbers to keep going with predation, and might not be released until the scientists thought that they would be good. But despite 300 deer, these scientists actually saw wolves as a threat. It's true that wolves are a threat to them, but again, for Westerners, it's really a part of the natural process and its kind of the point. Even if wolves were released we'd expect bears and cougars to take a swipe at them. A sad fate, but its part of what happens. And while it did mess up the numbers and is a threat to growth, it's not that much of a problem except insoforth for wolf lovers seeing more wolves die. I just can't believe conservationists in the Middle East actually don't like predators!
Conservation has been going on since the mid 1900s.https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6232/97672550 They live in Dez Wildlife Refuge and the Karkeh Wildlife Refuge, as well as in northern Iranhttps://thepersianexperience.com/wildlife/. The population in DWR were missing in 2019 due to a flood that covered the whole of the park. I do not know if they survivedhttps://www.toiran.com/en/city-ahvaz/natural_attractions/Dez-Wildlife-Refuge/5569.
== References ==
Category:Deer