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The INHFA has also called for greater stakeholder involvement from the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), the Department of Agriculture and forestry companies in a planned cull.
The Irish deer strategy group has recommended a further extension to the deer hunting season to help control numbers.
The number of deer culled in 2023 is up 41% from the previous record set in 2022.
There will be 15 deer hotspots identified as priority areas for control measures.
Stakeholders in the agriculture and forestry industries are struggling in identifying deer density thresholds in Ireland, ATU has said.
It seems clear that wildlife - especially the uncontrolled spread of infected deer - is one of the key causes of the spread of the disease in cattle.
Applications for deer hunting licences for the coming season can now be submitted to the NPWS through a new online portal.
Farmer frustration with bovine TB controls is about much more than a loose comment in a ministerial response to a written parliamentary question.
