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SGNP brings back to 'life' dead Indian Mouse Deer
Updated On: 11 December, 2013 07:11 AM IST | | Ranjeet Jadhav
Staffers of the Wildlife Taxidermy Centre, country's only taxidermy centre, preserve rare Indian Mouse Deer; the injured animal died while undergoing treatment in the park
The Wildlife Taxidermy Centre at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Borivli, which has successfully preserved the bodies of over 250 wild animals, birds and reptiles for educational purposes and display, recently preserved a specimen of the rare Indian Mouse Deer. Officials of the Thane Forest Department had brought the injured deer to SGNP, but the animal, which was already weak, died while undergoing treatment.

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