How did the deer get in the Florida Keys?

If there were a contest to name the Florida Keys’ most beloved animals, Hemingway’s six-toed cats would probably claw their way to first place. But not far behind would be the Key deer, a petite and endangered species that has existed on the narrow island chain, and nowhere else, since the end of the last ice age. read more

And the final story is that due to hunting, they were down to a few deer (55) in the fifties and a land developer brought a herd down from the mainland for a petting zoo while promoting his development, (Port Pine Heights) and they were released to join the few stragglers of the original herd. read more

The Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) is an endangered deer that lives only in the Florida Keys. It is a subspecies of the white-tailed deer (O. virginianus). It is the smallest North American deer. read more