Captured animals brought to the wilderness

These two animals were animals captured from individual's homes by the Department of Wildlife as it is illegal to have them in ones homes. They seem to have adjusted well. These pictures were taken in 2004 when we were camping in that viscinity, that is at Maradanmaduwa. The Sambhur actually did raise a young and although she used to come and ask the people who came there for food, she never exposed her young one. So the young one is rather wild. The deer that you see in the picture managed to join a herd of about 6 other deer. How we knew this was, because when ever our vehicle drove past it was the only one who would come and ask for food and would often come behind the vehicle. Some habits never die!!!

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