re: #247 Feline Fearless Leader

A herd of “white deer” (White-tailed deer with a recessive gene that gives them white coats, but they are not albinos) built up in the closed off area of the now-closed Senaca Army Depot in central New York between two of the Finger Lakes.

en.wikipedia.org

There are plans to develop a conservation park for at least part of the herd. So someone realizes that there is some tourism value in them.

I have seen some of the deer a few times passing past the old base while transiting between Philadelphia (or Ithaca) and my brother’s place further west.

I’ve heard of them before, but never seen them. I have witnessed deer using controlled areas on Army bases for sanctuary. When I was stationed in Arkansas, every deer season, one herd would move into the Ammunition Supply Point on Fort Chaffee for the duration.