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29 blackbucks die as stray dog barges into their enclosure

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Press Trust of India Bathinda
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 3:24 AM IST

The incident occurred early in the morning when the Park staff was asleep.

Among the killed were 25 female and 4 male antelopes. There were 34 blackbucks in the single enclosure, said a Park officials.

The police is probing the incident.

Blackbuck, which is included in the Schedule 1 of the Wildlife(Prevention) Act, is the state animal of Punjab.

Several Blackbucks have died in the Park in past due to tuberculosis. PTI Corr PL

  

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First Published: Apr 26 2012 | 10:15 PM IST

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