Seo Yong-bok, 78, checks a 1.8-meter-high mesh net, which aims to protect his rice field from deer, on Anma Island in Yeonggwang, South Korea, May 24, 2024. The government is weighing a petition from the villagers to designate the deer as "harmful wildlife", rather than livestock, so clearing the way for the herd to be thinned by hunting or other measures. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji