Dafeng Deer

Last week I had an opportunity to visit Yancheng (Salt City) and Dafeng (big harvest) in Jiangsu Province. Dafeng is near the sea and is promoting eco-tourism as a focus of economic development. Its primary attractions are nature reserves populated by Milu (David's Deer) Deer and red-crowned cranes.

The deer at the Dafeng Milu Deer Park were restocked from a population of deer originally removed from China by the 11th Duke (or "Duck" of Bedford. The deer were subsequently wiped out in China. Fortunately, the English had taken care of theirs and sent 39 deer back to China in 1986 to repopulate the mudflats of Jiangsu Province.