Spotted deer now head into semi-urban and rural pockets of Coimbatore
The HinduSightings of spotted deer in new places outside forests in Coimbatore district, as far as Selakkarichal in Sultanpet union, could be a sign of the herbivore population slowly extending their ranges to suitable habitats in semi-urban and rural pockets, according to the Forest Department and experts. People of Selakkarichal, around 10 km from Sulur, have been seeing a few spotted deer in bushes in deserted lands for the past two months. A senior official from the Forest Department said that the spotted deer population moved from the forest to semi-urban and rural pockets of Coimbatore district, mainly through the course of the River Kousika over the past several years. “Even the spotted deer population in Tiruppur was a result of the herbivore moving to new habitats through the course of River Kousika,” the official said.
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