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Endangered
Sangai deer's birth brings cheer
by Ajay Kumar
Patna:
Patna Zoo authorities are all smiles these days after a deer belonging
to the endangered Sangai species delivered a fawn on Tuesday. The latest
birth has taken the total number of Sangais at the zoo to four. Locally
known as Sangai in Manipuri, the brow-antlered deer is a rare and also
known as Thamin deer and the Dancing deer. It is widely believed that
the Sangai is found in natural habitat at the Kaibul Lamjao National Park
in Loktak Lake in Manipur. Apart from the Patna Zoo, the zoo in New Delhi
is the only other to have bred the Sangai deer in captivity. "Sangai deer
is endangered species found in Manipur only. Only the Patna and New Delhi
zoos have a successful reproduction record of Sangai deer. We are fortunate
that last year a fawn was born, this year too a fawn has taken birth and
it is in a healthy condition," said Rakesh Kumar, the Director of the
Patna Zoo. "We are unsure about the gender of the fawn as no one has approached
the mother deer and the new born. Any human intrusion can cause panic
to the mother and the new born," said Kumar. Sangai is one of the most
localised species of deer. It is generally found in wetland areas to the
south of Logtak Lake in Manipur.
-Oct
11, 2006
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