33 spotted deer found dead in Kanha Tiger Reserve

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A total of 33 spotted deer were found dead under Ghorela ward in the Kanha Tiger Reserve since last week, forest officials said on Friday.

Kanha Tiger Reserve’s veterinary surgeon Sandeep Agrawal told reporters that 29 spotted deers were found dead between Jan 4-10 and four were found on Friday in the Ghorela ward under the Mukki forest area.

The preliminary cause of their death appears to be malnutrition, infection and severe cold, but the exact reason will be known only after a postmortem and viscera report.

The reserve management has enhanced measures to monitor the health and security of the wild animals. The viscera has been sent to the Jabalpur-based Veterinary College laboratory for testing.

Keywords: spotted deer, Kanha Tiger Reserve

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This is sheer callousness. What the people, looking after the anmimals in the reserved forest, were doing when so many innocent deer were dying over one week ? Please see that such cases do not recur.

from: B Shaha

Posted on: Jan 11, 2013 at 17:54 IST

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