LAHORE: The Lahore Zoo Safari Park administration has brought in a pair of barking deer from Marghzar Zoo Islamabad under the Punjab Government Exchange Programme.
Official sources in the Wildlife Department told APP that two African lions have been given to the Marghzar Zoo in exchange for the barking deer pair.
The visitors were very happy to get a chance to see the barking deer for the first time which earlier was not available in any zoo across Punjab.
It is pertinent to mention here that this species of deer is omnivorous feeding on grass fruits shoots seeds birds eggs as well as small animals.
It sometimes displays even scavenging behaviour feeding on carrion.
It gives calls similar to barking usually upon sensing a predator.
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