But because an antipathy toward careful protection arose after Meiji Restoration, and because it was necessary to secure the food during and for a while after World War II, they were hunted, and as a result the number of the deer decreased markedly to double digits.
しかし、明治維新からは手厚い保護への反発から、戦中から戦後しばらくの間は食糧確保のため狩られ、その結果頭数が二桁まで激減した。