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Litter Pickers Attempt to Save Nara Park's Deer From Trash
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3/24/2025
Japan's Nara Park has enlisted the help of high-tech bins and a dedicated trash-picking team to save its sacred sika deer from litter.
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The hundreds of sacred sika deer that roam freely through Japan's Nara Park are a major reason the location has become a booming tourist hotspot.
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But the increasing number of visitors is causing serious health consequences for the animals.
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Tourists are allowed to feed the deer specifically formulated snacks, but some people leave behind cigarette butts and plastic rubbish.
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The deer sometimes consume these by mistake.
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The issue has become so bad that plastic waste has caused the death of at least nine deer.
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The lack of trash bins doesn't help the situation.
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The park banned public bins four decades ago to stop the deer scavenging in them for food.
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We have to carry our trash with us all the time, so I do it, but it's kind of strange for us.
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Despite some tourists being on board, it hasn't fixed the issue.
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The park is trialing a new solar-powered bin that automatically compresses trash.
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But with the bin project costing a hefty $130,000, local authorities and conservation groups have brought in reinforcements.
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A litter-picking squad dubbed Beautiful Deer.
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We mainly look after the plastic waste in the park.
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But there is a lot of trash that we leave behind.
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The team employs people with disabilities who patrol the park daily.
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Armed with gloves, tongs and dustpans, this squad is looking for stray litter,
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and making Nara Park safe for the sacred deer who roam it.
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James Lin and Rosie Greninger for Taiwan Plus.
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