At least two blackbucks were rescued by the villagers from various places in the district. One of them was found at Balipada near here, while another at Babanapur near Aska in since Friday.
"We have rescued a male blackbuck from Balipadar near here. The animal will be handed over to the Nandankanan zoo authority in Bhubaneswar," said divisional Forest Officer, Berhampur S S Mishra.
The blackbuck also reportedly migrated towards Jagannath Prasad and Belaguntha areas in search of food and water as some of the water bodies in their habitat have dried up, sources said.
"When the blackbucks migrate to other areas they may be easy target to the poachers. They also meet with accidents on the roads", the wildlife experts feared claiming at least five blackbucks had reportedly died in a fortnight. Officials, however, said only two died.
"We have information about the migration of the blackbuck. But we have no information about their death due to scarcity of water," said divisional forest officer, Ghumusar South R.Ch Sethi.
He said there were several ponds in their areas.
