But its symbolism is deeply counterintuitive: the plant is neither unique nor native to the Bay Area, not to mention the fact that Oakland is already named after a plant with a much more striking ...

Gov. Josh Green extended an emergency proclamation to control the axis deer population damaging farm crops and overgrazing pasture lands in Maui County. The proclamation extends state emergency ...

Mr Jersig thought this was an excellent idea and imported several axis, fallow and sika deer, as well as some Russian boars, and released them on the Double D Ranch. This was in the 1960s.

Axis deer, first introduced to Hawaii in the 1860s as a gift to King Kamehameha V, have since multiplied to tens of thousands. This year's record cull was driven by a state-led initiative that ...

About 50 axis deer crowded around the fence line separating Maui Nui Botanical Gardens and Keopuolani Regional Park, startling the gardens staff on a recent Thursday afternoon.

Mr Jersig thought this was an excellent idea and imported several axis, fallow and sika deer, as well as some Russian boars, and released them on the Double D Ranch. This was in the 1960s.

Facing Poepoe, opposite the deer, are a bicyclist and moped driver, caught between stampeding deer columns. Axis deer were introduced to Molokai in the 1860s and now exist on Molokai, Lanai and Maui.

Today, axis deer are a real problem — something Musie hopes to change through sustainably harvesting the animal for meat. Last year alone, his team harvested around 500,000 pounds of venison.

“If we hadn’t started this seven years ago, there would be 60,000 more deer on Maui,” says Jake. “They can eat anything, past when we get into drought conditions.