Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Deaths of 16 deer at Rajasthan zoo being probed
By Indo Asian News Service | IANS India Private Limited ? 5 hours ago
Jaipur, Dec 21 (IANS) Authorities in Rajasthan have started an investigation into the sudden deaths of as many as 16 deer at a zoo in Kota, officials said Friday.
"The zoo employees spotted some of the deer lying motionless and others moving around frantically, apparently in pain, in their enclosures. They immediately informed their seniors," said a senior forest department official said.
The official told IANS that the employees noticed the tragic incident at the Kota zoo, some 300 km from here, around 6 a.m. Thursday.
Of the 16 dead animals, 10 were female and at least five of them were pregnant, officials said. Only five deer in the enclosure have survived and have now been put under medical observation.
The autopsy on the dead animals was conducted in the zoo complex Thursday evening.
"As per the preliminary post-mortem report, the doctors found infection in the lungs of all the dead animals. They died of asphyxia as they could not breathe properly due to the infection," the official said.
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http://in.news.yahoo.com/deaths-16-deer-rajasthan-zoo-being-probed-160605581.html
By Indo Asian News Service | IANS India Private Limited ? 5 hours ago
Jaipur, Dec 21 (IANS) Authorities in Rajasthan have started an investigation into the sudden deaths of as many as 16 deer at a zoo in Kota, officials said Friday.
"The zoo employees spotted some of the deer lying motionless and others moving around frantically, apparently in pain, in their enclosures. They immediately informed their seniors," said a senior forest department official said.
The official told IANS that the employees noticed the tragic incident at the Kota zoo, some 300 km from here, around 6 a.m. Thursday.
Of the 16 dead animals, 10 were female and at least five of them were pregnant, officials said. Only five deer in the enclosure have survived and have now been put under medical observation.
The autopsy on the dead animals was conducted in the zoo complex Thursday evening.
"As per the preliminary post-mortem report, the doctors found infection in the lungs of all the dead animals. They died of asphyxia as they could not breathe properly due to the infection," the official said.
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http://in.news.yahoo.com/deaths-16-deer-rajasthan-zoo-being-probed-160605581.html