A wildlife official said the deer was roaming in the fields of Anderwan locality this afternoon after which the animal was captured alive by the locals.
A rare musk deer commonly known as ‘roose
kat’ was captured alive while roaming in Anaderwan locality of Kangan in
central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday.
A wildlife official said the deer was roaming in the fields of
Anderwan locality this afternoon after which the animal was captured
alive by the locals.
They said the locals handed over the rare animal to wildlife officials.
He said it was likely that the deer was frightened and might have
come down from forests to inhabited area situated at the bottom of
Mansbal range forests.
Later, he said, the musk deer was taken to Dachigam wildlife sanctuary.