“…Javan deer have significant roles in ecology, economics, and socio-cultural, specifically since the species domesticated for commercial meat and antlers managed to be a game -hunting animal and being invasive feral populations outside Indonesia (Hedges et al 2015;Ali et al 2021). However, Javan deer deal with extermination in many highly human-populated areas, including poaching, habitat loss, livestock competition, predator threats, diseases, and natural disasters (Rahman et al 2020). In Pangandaran Nature Reserve (hereafter 'PNR'), Javan deer roam outside the conservation area, foraging on trashes, destructing public infrastructures, polluting the Pangandaran Beach tourist destination, disturbing local people's activities, and blocking transportation access that harms the deer themselves.…”