The Environmental Department of the Junta de Andalucia runs a programme for repopulating the Parque Natural de las Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama with roe deer.

So far they have released nine examples of the Andalusian breed of the roe deer.

The animals are released within the Cortijo del Alcázar which covers 14.5 hectares and has small enough apertures in its perimeter fence to let the animals in an out, but deny larger animals access. Some of the released animals to date either still live within the perimeter or nearby.

It’s thought that there could be a total of 20 of these animals now living in the wilds of the Tejeda-Almijara mountains.

It was the dropping numbers of Andalusian roe deer that led to the Environmental Department setting up an enclave for them in 2004 called El Picacho within the municipality of Alcalá de Los Gazules (Cádiz).

(News: Granada, Andalucia)