The industry accounts for some 17,000 jobs, and it includes breeding operations for exotic deer species as well as genetically-enhanced whitetails bred for large trophy racks, the Fort-Worth Star ...

SANParks is culling exotic Sambar deer in the Table Mountain National Park. But is the Sambars’ diet good or bad for Table Mountain’s ecology as they browse both indigenous and alien vegetation?

Dr Brian van Wilgen is Emeritus Professor in the Centre for Invasion Biology at Stellenbosch University. He has five decades of experience in the ecology and management of alien invasive species ...