Close on the heels of the death of five spotted deer and seven wild goats at the Nagarahole National Park, six deer were found dead yesterday at Biligiri Ranganathaswamy Tiger (BRT) Reserve. Like in Nagarahole, here too, the deer died after they drank water that was mixed with pesticide.
The carcass of three stags and three spotted deer were found at a field near Hondarabalu village in Chamarajanagar taluk. The carcasses were found 200 metres from the reserve forest yesterday morning by the Forest Department while they were on patrol. They said that the deer had traces of blood on their nostrils as they would have puked after drinking water that was mixed with urea and other pesticides.
