Abstract
Four ♀ Roe deer Capreolus capreolus were hand‐reared and released into a 10 ha enclosed natural habitat. This paper describes the hand‐rearing procedure, nutrition and development, which we compare with other documented cases. We illustrate the handling techniques that enabled us to maintain a close relationship with the hand‐reared Roe deer in their adulthood and study them under semi‐free‐ranging conditions. The benefits of conducting research with hand‐reared Roe deer are described, together with possible biases that must be taken into consideration when planning a research programme. The Roe deer were hand‐reared in order to conduct a detailed feasibility study for the Roe deer reintroduction programme in Israel, where they have been locally extinct for 100 years.
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