HYDERABAD: Wildlife deaths continue to haunt University of Hyderabad. On Sunday, a peahen was found dead on the campus by students. On being informed, forest department officials arrived on the campus and took away the carcass, a sample of which will be sent for forensic analysis to ascertain cause of death.
The students also found a decomposed body of a male spotted deer. Both, the peahen and the spotted deer are protected species under the Wildlife Protection Act. In the past two weeks carcasseses of three spotted deer and a wild boar were discovered from the campus which has become a deathtrap for wild animals.
While varsity officials say it does not have required training, manpower or expertise to provide protection to wildlife, state forest department has not taken any steps to provide help.
Principal chief conservator of forests PK Jha was supposed to meet university VC Appa Rao Podile on Friday to discuss wildlife deaths on campus but could not make it. Instead, he sent Rangareddy district forest officer Siddhanand Kukreti. However, the meeting did not produce any outcome. Not just this but students caught a large group of people who entered the campus illegally and were later handed over to the university security personnel.