Source: The Sangai Express
Patna, October 11:
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 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 Keibul 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 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 Loktak Lake in Manipur.