10 Timor Deer Evacuated from Danger Zone Near Mount Agung to Bali Zoo.
(10/20/2017)
The Bali Zoo in Singapadu, working in cooperation with the Natural Resource Conservation Agency (Balai Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam), has evacuated 10 Timor Deer living in the danger zones surrounding Mount Agung.
As quoted by the State News Agency Antara, the spokesperson for the Bali Zoo, Emma Kristiana, said on Monday, October 16, 2017, “This initiative us to save the deer from the unpredictable threat of a volcanic eruption of Mount Agung.”
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Emma said the evacuation of the small herd of captive deer follows on the heels of the evacuation of human populations within a 12-kilometer radius of the peak of Mount Agung. The deer were domesticated and kept in a fenced corral by local residents
The ten “doe” Timor Deer (“Cervus Timorensis”) were not receiving sufficient feed since the departure of the local residents of Pidpid Village.
The careful relocations of the deer over the more than 60 kilometers from Mount Agung to the Bali Zoo at Singapadu took three days to complete.
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