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READING, Pa., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Game Commission today announced that three York County men pled guilty to unlawfully killing a white-tailed deer at night with the use of an artificial light on Nov. 29, the night before the opening day of the regular antlered and antlerless deer season. The men shot the deer from their vehicle while spotlighting the deer. Fred Daniel Miller, 58, of Glen Rock, pled guilty to unlawful use of lights while hunting, loaded...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has failed to respond to a petition submitted by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to list two High Arctic caribou species (also known as reindeer) on the Endangered Species Act. In September 2009, IFAW submitted a petition presenting substantial scientific and commercial information indicating that Peary and Dolphin-Union caribou are threatened with extinction by the effects of global...
NEW YORK, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Deer Consumer Products, Inc. ("Deer") (Nasdaq: DEER; website: http://www.deerinc.com ), a leading Chinese designer, manufacturer and seller of quality small home and kitchen electric appliances to both global and Chinese domestic consumers, announced today the pricing of a public offering of 6,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $11.00 per share. Deer has granted the underwriters an over-allotment option to purchase...
NEW YORK, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Deer Consumer Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: DEER; Website: www.deerinc.com), a leading manufacturer of home and kitchen electronics marketing to both global and Chinese domestic consumers, is pleased to announce that the Company has signed a nationwide agreement with Suning Appliance Co. Limited, the second largest electronics retailer in China, targeting the 2010 sales of RMB 200 million (approximately US$29.3 million) of DEER's products in Suning...
Prized for their impressive antlers, red deer have been caught in the hunters' sights for generations. But a deer's antlers are much more than decorative. They are lethal weapons that stags crash together when dueling. John Currey, from The University of York, UK, has been intrigued by the mechanical properties of bone for over half a century and has become fascinated by the mechanical properties of antler through a long-standing collaboration with Tomas Landete-Castillejos at the Universidad...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania hunters can help feed hungry families by donating extra deer meat to a statewide distribution network, the Department of Agriculture said today. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Michael Pechart, along with representatives from the Pennsylvania Game Commission, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, visited Diller's Deer Processing in Enola, Cumberland County, to kick off the...
New research suggests that the giant deer, also known as the giant Irish deer or Irish elk, one of the largest deer species that ever lived, likely died off because of climate change, BBC News reported.The giant deer (Megaloceros giganteus), which had massive antlers, suddenly went extinct some 10,600 years ago and a new study of its teeth suggests that as conditions became colder and drier in Ireland at the time, fewer plants grew, gradually starving the deer.Initial ideas for why the giant...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today announced that 44 of the 60 licensed elk hunters were successful during the 2009 elk season. Of that total, 20 were antlered elk and 24 were antlerless elk. "Elk are one of North America's premier big game animals," Roe said. "Pennsylvania is privileged to offer this unique hunting opportunity, a product of successful wildlife management that helps to finance wildlife...
The penalty of the global climate change has hit Norway's reindeer populace as warming temperatures harm food stocks and industry expansion gobbles up grazing land for the creatures."Over the past three years, I've had to give some hay to my 800 reindeer during the coldest months. It's more expensive and it gives me more work," Jan Egil Trasti, a Norwegian reindeer herder, told AFP.This occurs because the lichen the animals feed on is becoming scarce as winter temperatures warm up....
HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the holiday gift-giving season coming up, the Pennsylvania Game Commission is pleased to announce that its popular 2010 wildlife calendar now is available. To purchase a calendar, priced at $8.95 (plus tax and shipping), call the Game Commission at 1-888-888-3459 (toll-free) or visit "The Outdoor Shop" in the upper right-hand corner of the agency's website (www.pgc.state.pa.us), click on "Pennsylvania Game Commission Outdoor Shop" in...
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The greater mouse deer (Tragulus napu), also known as the napu or the greater Malay chevrotain, is a species of even-toed ungulate that can be found in Borneo, Sumatra, southern areas of Thailand and Myanmar, peninsular Malaysia, and small Indonesian and Malaysian islands. It also appears on an island off the shore of Singapore, where it was thought to be extinct. It prefers a habitat within lowland tropical and subtropical moist forests. Its scientific name Tragulus is derived from the Greek...
The lesser mouse deer (Tragulus kanchil), also known as the lesser Malay chevrotain or the kanchil, is an even-toed ungulate that is native to Cambodia, Indochina, Indonesia, Vietnam, Sumatra, and Burma, among other areas. It prefers a habitat within primary and secondary forests in foothills or lowland areas. It can also be found on cultivated lands at elevations of up to 1,968 feet. Within these habitats, both arid and moist vegetation can be found, as well as mangrove forests. The lesser...
The Java mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus) is an even-toed ungulate that can be found in forested areas of Java and possibly Bali. Its native range includes areas in Indonesia and Malaysia. It prefers a habitat at higher elevations, although it does appear at lower elevations between 1,312 and 2,296 feet. It is thought that other chevrotains may occur on the edges of this mouse deer’s habitat, making it a logical assumption that it appears in thick undergrowth like other mouse deer. The...
The pudú, also known as the püdü or püdu in the Mapudungun language, is a genus that holds two species of South American deer. These species are known as the southern pudú, which resides in a range that extends from southern Chile to southwestern Argentina, and the northern pudú, which resides in Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador. Species in this genus prefer a habitat in temperate rainforests. In these areas, pudús use bamboo thickets and underbrush for protection. Pudús were first...
Fea’s muntjac (Muntiacus feae), also known as the Tenasserim muntjac, is a species of muntjac that resides in many areas including Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Lao People's Democratic Republic, and People's Republic of China. Although there is much debate regarding the range of the deer, it is most commonly accepted that it ranges from the Isthmus of Kra east and north to southern Myanmar and to the neighboring borders of Thailand. Because there have been many sightings of this species in other...
