Six deers escape from Night Safari
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SINGAPORE: Six deer escaped from the Night Safari at the Singapore Zoological Gardens on Wednesday morning.
Five have been found but one is still missing, although it is believed to be within the Night Safari park.
The fifth deer was caught in the evening at Mandai Lake Road. It had to be sedated. It took about one and a half hours to bring the deer back to its enclosure.
The Sambar deer are all female and were found missing during a routine check by a zookeeper.
One of them had managed to get out of the Night Safari's perimeter fence. A tree had fallen on the fence, allowing the deer to walk out of the park's boundaries.
Kumar Pillai, director of zoology at Wildlife Reserves Singapore, said: "(At) the Deer Park, we've got the primary enclosure and if for some reason the animals do come out of there, we have a secondary fence to keep the animals in. But it's the secondary fence that got damaged by the fallen tree and they got out of the park."
It is the first time the deer have escaped from their enclosure.
In a separate incident, the Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) rescued three wild Sambar deer in Mandai.
Army personnel had informed WRS that deer were seen at the range. When the WRS team arrived at the scene, they found three Sambar deer cornered in the perimeter fence of the range.
One animal was found dead on the scene with neck injuries and the remaining two animals were greatly stressed and weak.
WRS vets sedated and ascertained the conditions of the dangerously weakened animals and quickly brought them back to the WRS, which is a designated rescued wildlife centre.
Unfortunately, WRS vets were only able to save one of the deer. It is currently recovering under their care.
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Hope It does not happen again.
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Apparently we're not the only ones who want to get out of this damn country.
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Originally posted by -StarDust-:
Hope they find all the missing ones.
Dead already lar, eaten by wild boars and giant monitor lizards.
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Originally posted by ditzy:
Dead already lar, eaten by wild boars and giant monitor lizards.
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Originally posted by -StarDust-:
haha lolLaugh somemore, laugh till your lips turn rotten and drop off.
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Oh deer......
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last deer spotted !
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Freedom
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this time is deer...... maybe next time is tiger.......
ho say.....
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I will lend the deer my human suits...
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good advertisement for. SQ more...... "leg room"
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How did the hell
the deers escape
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did these escape too ??
(remember the OLD Days of rain Deers from Burger King ?)
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the last one found...
the body is with fatum....
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deer so big also can escape undetected..
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Mas selemat limping... also can escape... lol..
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Last of six missing deer spotted; temporary fence built
SINGAPORE : Park officials think they will soon be able to capture the deer that is still missing after it escaped from its enclosure at the Night Safari, along with five other deer on Wednesday.
They spotted it on Wednesday night in the park's compound.
The other five deer were caught that day after they escaped in the morning.
Meanwhile, a temporary fence has been put up.
The deer enclosure has also been checked and secured.
A fence was damaged after a tree fell on it, allowing the deer to roam free.
Wildlife Reserves Singapore said it is working to ensure that the trees within the compound and along the perimeter of the park are in good condition.
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Originally posted by -StarDust-:
Hope It does not happen again.
Luckily is not the lions.If so, more dead bodies!
Should the authorities fine the zoo for being lax in safety?
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it would be a Road Kill or something....ha ha ha.
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Well, at least it ain't the cobra compound.
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Remember the news in March? One deer (i think so?) got hit at Seletar Expressway by a car? Probably now its his friends.
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sianz. all captured already. was planning to wear camou fatigues and use my jungle knife to kill for venison. and get the "deerhunter" achievement.
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Originally posted by russiabear:
sianz. all captured already. was planning to wear camou fatigues and use my jungle knife to kill for venison. and get the "deerhunter" achievement.
i thought there is one more running loose...you can use the deer calling to attract the Game.