30 red deer set free in South Kazakhstan
Almaty. October 9. Kazakhstan Today - There is now a deer kingdom in the south of Kazakhstan. Three hundred hectares of land were given over to these Red Book animals.
According to Caspionet, experts refer to the experiment as unique and a forced measure as the last Bukhara deer was seen in the wild in the mid-60s. Entrance to the nursery is not allowed for visitors.
"These are very careful and sensitive animals. They only recognize me because I bring them food. If a stranger comes, they immediately run away. They can even disappear for a whole day," Mussakhan Zhuzeyev, Reindeer Breeder said.
The large-scale project for restoring their population was launched with the support of an international foundation and now the deer nursery exists thanks to government money.
"This project began in 1999 with the support of a Norwegian organization and was headed by the Baidauletov Institute of Zoology. These deer were chosen because they lived there. The project itself aims at restoring the population of Red deer on the floodplain of the Syr Darya River," said Shafkhat Khandullayev, Director of Turkestan State Department of Forest Conservation and Animal Welfare.
7 Bukhara deer were the first inhabitants of the nursery. Now the family has grown to 54 animals. Most of them already live on their own, outside a mesh cage, but still within the nursery. According to experts, if at least a half out of 30 released deer survives, the experiment can be considered a success.
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