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Are deer aggressive?
White-tailed deer are not inherently aggressive animals. In fact, given
the choice of fight or flight, white-tailed deer use flight as a
survival strategy. However, like most animals, a white-tailed doe can
become aggressive if she perceives that her young are threatened.
Indeed, most reports of aggression tend to happen around fawning areas.
Instances of a buck attacking people are rare. The IDNR has
characterized the much-publicized attack on area dog in 2009 as a "very
rare and isolated incident."2.) Several relocations have been done with deer - they are delicate and need attending to but it is possible to do this.
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The
deer were translocated to Aringar Anna Zoological Park and Guindy
National Park, as a metro railway station was planned at the Nandanam
campus. Forest officials claimed that all the 40 were safe in the new
environment.
Completing the task in
four months from February to May, the forest officials said they began
by conducting a survey to study the behaviour of the mammal in the
sprawling campus. “Deer have a soft heart and are sensitive. Some even
die in fear when taken from one place to another,” said S Davidraj,
forest range officer.
Closing all the
water spots kept for the mammal in the campus, forest officials began
the strenuous process of bringing all the deer to one place by clearing
the bushes in the campus and setting� up one spot where the deer can
quench its thirst. Later, 12-foot-high fencing was laid in six different
places with grass, wheat and bran to get the mammal to the spot
regularly, forest officials explained.
“We
appointed six people for this to get friendly with the mammal. We kept
salt lick near the water spot, as it will come back to the same spot
once it tastes it and they will like it. The entire procedure was
arranged so that it won’t get scared when we trap them,” the range
officer said.
Forest officials said
that a veterinary expert was present throughout to take medical test on
the deer, to see if they are healthy. Ambulances and veterinary experts
were also present to treat the deer if they got injured during
translocation.
In an attempt to trap
the mammal, 15 wooden boxes were made and the same grass, wheat and bran
were kept inside; the mammal was trapped once it entered the box to
eat.
All the 40 deer were translocated
to the new place in the similar manner. Officials claimed the last time
such a translocation happened was in the late 1990’s when over 150 deer
were taken to a new location near Vandalur from the Indian Air Force
station, Avadi, but was not successful as many deer either died or
escaped. “It is a labourious procedure and we just had to be careful as
deer are timid animals and would collapse if they are under stress.
Adapting to the new location was not a problem as both the old and the
new location were open area,” said wildlife warden V Karunapriya.
Scientist
Jayashree Vencatesan said that translocation of animals requires a
multi-discipline team that has an understanding of the animal.
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