It's the end of an era at Mt. Madonna County Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains as the park's beloved herd of exotic white deer has dwindled down to just one doe.
SANTA CLARA COUNTY -- It's the end of an era at Mt. Madonna County Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
"Penelope is very shy, so it is often times very difficult to see her. There's a brush area at the bottom of the enclosure. That's where she hangs out," said Ranger Long, one of her caretakers. "They are so cute and a different variety of deer I haven't seen before. It's not common out in the wild, so it's just a nice way to see something new and different," Dietz explained.
The Santa Clara County Parks Department decided years ago to not let the deer reproduce because the gene pool was too small to produce healthy offspring."She's not native to this area. And because they are so inbred, if she breeds with the native deer, it could create a weaker strain of deer," said Long."And Fish and Wildlife wouldn't allow that."
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