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Deer found dead along Old Upper Thomson Rd
SINGAPORE: A Sambar deer was found dead along Old Upper Thomson Road on Sunday morning.
While such animals were once thought to be extinct in Singapore, a wildlife activist said there have been more sightings of Sambar deer in recent years.
Wong Ong Kok was doing his daily exercise when he came across the dead animal along Old Upper Thomson Road.
The 63-year-old retiree said: "The head is somewhere around here, the whole body is lying here, sideways, (and) the backside is down here. The length of the animal is about one meter."
The deer appeared to have suffered a broken leg.
He said: "At first, I thought it's a wide boar - wide boar is a very common animal here. So I thought it was a big, dead wild boar. But when I got closer, it didn't look like a wild boar. But in fact, it looked like a deer to me. The body looked to be quite fresh; it's quite fresh because the eyes were still open, and only a bit of live flies resting on the eye and the nose."
Executive director of ACRES, Louis Ng, said: "The deer in the photo is actually a Sambar deer. And these are native to Singapore. Although the zoo also has a population. We've responded to some cases already of people knocking down these deer."
ACRES recommends that the Land Transport Authority puts up signs urging motorists to slow down in areas where such wildlife is known to roam.
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SINGAPORE: A Sambar deer was found dead along Old Upper Thomson Road on Sunday morning.
While such animals were once thought to be extinct in Singapore, a wildlife activist said there have been more sightings of Sambar deer in recent years.
Wong Ong Kok was doing his daily exercise when he came across the dead animal along Old Upper Thomson Road.
The 63-year-old retiree said: "The head is somewhere around here, the whole body is lying here, sideways, (and) the backside is down here. The length of the animal is about one meter."
The deer appeared to have suffered a broken leg.
He said: "At first, I thought it's a wide boar - wide boar is a very common animal here. So I thought it was a big, dead wild boar. But when I got closer, it didn't look like a wild boar. But in fact, it looked like a deer to me. The body looked to be quite fresh; it's quite fresh because the eyes were still open, and only a bit of live flies resting on the eye and the nose."
Executive director of ACRES, Louis Ng, said: "The deer in the photo is actually a Sambar deer. And these are native to Singapore. Although the zoo also has a population. We've responded to some cases already of people knocking down these deer."
ACRES recommends that the Land Transport Authority puts up signs urging motorists to slow down in areas where such wildlife is known to roam.
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- CNA/ck
Yeah.... ONE MAN ONE Fish...... its me....
