....and the sky didn't fall in (2)

It made me smile to see last week another story for my book "...and the sky didn't fall in" (see august posting below)
Some years ago I was an advisor to The National Trust when it was being critisised for banning deer hunting on its land. As the vitriolic attacks from the hunting fraternity rained down, one of their most constantly used arguments was that banning deer hunting would lead to a drastic decline in deer numbers. Apparently they had checked with local farmers who said they allowed deer to breed on their land because it kept the hunting tradition alive, but if hunting was banned, they would shoot these pests. Ergo, the collapse of the deer population.
Last week the RSPCA published a report on the deer population and, surprise surprise, the number of deer in the areas covered by The National Trust have risen from 12,000 5 years ago to over 20,000 now. Exactly the opposite of what the angry huntsmen assured us was going to happen.
The sky, once again, did not fall in.