Alipurduar, Dec. 22: The forest department has decided to introduce swamp deer in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary after it receives six of them from Lucknow Zoo.
In exchange, three almost-adult elephants will be sent to the zoo in Uttar Pradesh, V.K. Sood, the conservator of forest wildlife (north), said.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/lucknow-deer-jaldapara
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/telegraph-kolkata
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jaldapara-sa
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lucknow-d
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-bengal