#Delhi zoo limps back to normalcy, records exotic deer births

After a brief hiatus owing to bird flu scare, the National Zoological Park is limping back to normalcy with the park witnessing a spurt in births of endangered and exotic deer species. "Various deer species including Thailand deer, chital, nilgai, sangai, swamp deer, hog deer, chinkara, sambar, brow-antlered deer as well as lion-tailed macaque, hippo and gaur gave births recently," zoo curator Riyaz Khan said. He said the zoo recorded births of 11 Thailand deer, 4 chital, 10 sangai, 2 swamp deer, 5 hog deer, 5 sambar and one birth each of chinakra, Gaur and brow-antlered deer this month.