About 4,000 spotted deer were missing from the sanctuary located in Puri district of Odisha. Efforts are on to trace all the other missing spotted deer, he said. A day after the cyclone, forest officials launched foot patrolling in the sanctuary but the spotted deer and other animals were nowhere to be found. The State government on Tuesday had decided to use drones to locate the missing spotted deer. The sanctuary, spread over an area of 72 sq km, is a known habitat of around 4,000 spotted deer apart from other animals.

Source: The Hindu May 16, 2019 20:15 UTC