Nehru Zoological Park Hyderabad/Nehru Zoo

Article about the breeding-centre for the Indian mouse deer and the very good results archieved here and the first re-introductions to the wild :) :

Mouse deer breeding yields good results


Update about the Indian mouse deer and the re-introduction program - Nehru Zoo

( from TelanganeToday ) :

Indian Mouse Deer
The researchers at LaCONES collaborated with the conservation experts in Nehru Zoological Park for conservation breeding and reintroduction of Indian Mouse Deer in Telangana. The captive mouse deer population by the end of October 2019 increased to 173 animals. The release of the mouse deer was done in Amrabad tiger reserve, Kinnerasani wildlife sanctuary and Mrugavani National Park.

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Last Birth of an Indian Rhino at Hyderabad Zoo was in May 1981....
Their breeding pair is Suraj x Saraswati, who were both born and bred at Patna Zoo. Bull and cow are half siblings and share their sire (cows are from different bloodlines.
 
Their breeding pair is Suraj x Saraswati, who were both born and bred at Patna Zoo. Bull and cow are half siblings and share their sire (cows are from different bloodlines.
Was this an intentional breeding? Why would they breed two half-siblings?
 
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