Urgent Action Needed: Remove Harmful Fencing at Stoke Park Farm SANG

The recently installed fencing at Stoke Park Farm SANG in Bishopstoke, Eastleigh is putting local wildlife in immediate danger and must be removed.

Already, a deer has been mauled by dogs, unable to escape due to being trapped inside the fenced area. And we are now entering fawn season — a critical and vulnerable time for deer and their young.

There have been numerous reports of distressed deer running back and forth in panic along the fence line, unable to access their natural routes or flee from threats. These animals are becoming trapped and terrorized, with no safe way out.

The fence — though not designed specifically as a deer barrier — is proving too high for deer to cross, creating, in effect, a deer trap. The fence is also blocking established paths of other mammals.

Although one end of the SANG remains unfenced, this does not provide a viable escape route. Wildlife does not navigate by entrances — they follow instinctive, established paths.

Importantly, Natural England does not require fencing for SANGs. So why has this barrier been installed at all, especially when it causes such visual pollution and environmental disruption?

We strongly urge the responsible authorities to remove this harmful fencing immediately.