Red deer in Richmond Park, a national nature reserve and deer park in London, England (@ NHPA/SuperStock)

Red deer in Richmond Park, a national nature reserve and deer park in London, England (@ NHPA/SuperStock)

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• It\s 1625 and the plague is decimating London. What do you do?""If you\re King Charles I, you hide out in your favorite royal hunting park
• That\s right, in a walled park in England\s bustling capital city, there are healthy herds of stags and hinds...""Who, we like to think, have fancy accents
• Need to escape the sounds and sights of London?""Step through the gates of this national nature reserve
• Once you\ve gotten over the wonder of four square miles of deer-filled wilderness in London...""You\re ready to meet the park\s cutest invasive species. (They\re believed to be escaped pets)