If this is drawn from real events, then the deer stripping the lower kyoto forests really is a problem. It all started with covid, when people stopped coming, the free handouts at the temples also stopped and the deer were encouraged to move back to the forests. It was a big deal and there was even talk about "sending some messengers back to the gods" aka culling them out of site of tourist eyes. Now the problem is bears and more people have died from bear attacks this year than anything else (besides old age).