One of 6 deer which escaped Night Safari put to
sleep
SINGAPORE : One of the six deer which escaped from the
Night Safari last Wednesday has been put to sleep. It had succumbed
to heat stroke on Friday.
The rest are doing well, and keepers are keeping a close
watch on their health.
Meanwhile, the search continues for the last of the
missing deer.
Searchers have stopped sending out big teams as their
presence may push the animal further into the forest.
Instead, they are setting up feeding stations with the deer's
favourite food, such as grass and fruit, to try to lure it back
into a temporary enclosure in the forest.
Mr Kumar Pillai, Director of Zoology, Night Safari, said: "We think
the deer could have moved into the forest reserve. What we have
done is inform our counterparts in NParks and we have also given
them a description of the deer and its ID number."
Search efforts have been hampered by the wet weather over the
weekend, the danger of poachers or even another deer from the
wild.
Mr Pillai said: "My biggest concern is that if any humans out there
would try and catch this animal because this animal is quite used
to human beings. I hope nobody will set up traps and snares to try
and catch this deer.
"If she gets to pair up with a male, then I don't think she's going
to come back to our park. I'll just say she has just introduced
some new genes into the wild population."
- CNA/al
