A RARE white deer has been spotted at Pinjarra Hills.

Shiona Allinson said she saw the stag toward Moggill Rd and took to Facebook to warn motorists to be on the look out.

“He is lovely to look at but they carry paralysis ticks which are deadly to our pets. They destroy native plants, outcompete native animals for food, their hooves damage the delicate banks of creeks and they rake up food vines for their antlers that butterfly species need for laying their eggs on,” she said.

“They are a real double edged sword. So beautiful but such a pest. Don’t get me wrong, I love animals and the environment separately. If only they weren’t so harmful to the natives.”

media_camera A rare white stag on the westside of Brisbane in 2013.

Glen Alchin from Pest Animal Management Queensland said of the hundreds of deer he had seen in Brisbane over the last decade, he had only seen about five or six white ones.

“A lot of people are quite protective of them because they’re that little bit more unique. They seem to be more tolerant of those rarer colours,” he said.

He said the deer would be dropping their antlers soon and would then regrow them.

“At the moment, the babies of the fallow deer will be hitting the ground around November. They come a little bit closer to houses when they have the babies to keep them away from predators,” he said.

“The females will be very pregnant now. Normally the males run in little bachelor groups, and when they drop their antlers they tend to feel a little bit at risk and won’t be seen as much. They’ll show up again around February.’’