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Copyright: Subhash Ranjan (sranjan)
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| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2005-02 |
| Categories: Mammals |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2007-08-28 7:28 |
| Viewed: 499 |
| Points: 0 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
In 1928 an Indian government expert visited the Andamans and decided that what the islands needed was a properly decorative quadruped. He introduced a pair (male & female) of dainty spotted chital deer. With no natural enemies to bother them, the chital deer multiplied wonderfully. They were lovely to look at, and they were soon making a mess of the Andaman Islands, eating the forests bare and ruining the native farms.
Last year another government expert visited the Andamans. What the islands now needed, he decided, was a pair of panthers to control the deer. The panthers were soon delivered, and last week New Delhi's Forestry Department announced that they are already making a deep impression on the deer population. Furthermore, it said, there should be no danger of a new epidemic of wild life on Andaman—both panthers are females.
Ref: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,817863,00.html?iid=chix-sphere |
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