<p>New Delhi: A female Sangai deer died at the Delhi zoo after sustaining injuries on Saturday morning, with a senior official describing the incident as "unusual and accidental".</p><p>The deer is estimated to be aged between two and three.</p><p>A nilgai (blue bull) was also injured, the officials said.</p><p>Zoo Director Sanjeet Kumar said, "The death of the female deer was unusual and accidental."</p><p>On the incident involving the nilgai, he said that dominant males had already been separated.</p>.African baboon dies in Delhi zoo, third animal death in as many weeks.<p>Sources at the zoo attributed the death to mismanagement.</p><p>A source said that during the estrus period, hormonal changes in animals often lead to increased tension and aggression.</p><p>Deer have not been segregated yet, the source said.</p><p>On January 2, a one-horned rhinoceros named Dharmendra brought from the Assam zoo as part of an animal exchange programme died under "mysterious circumstances" at the Delhi zoo.</p><p>On December 28, a nine-month-old white tiger cub succumbed to "traumatic shock and acute pneumonia".</p><p>The Delhi zoo houses more than 90 different species. It is home to over 1,000 birds and animals including leopards, lions, wolves, Asiatic elephants and chinkaras.</p>
<p>New Delhi: A female Sangai deer died at the Delhi zoo after sustaining injuries on Saturday morning, with a senior official describing the incident as "unusual and accidental".</p><p>The deer is estimated to be aged between two and three.</p><p>A nilgai (blue bull) was also injured, the officials said.</p><p>Zoo Director Sanjeet Kumar said, "The death of the female deer was unusual and accidental."</p><p>On the incident involving the nilgai, he said that dominant males had already been separated.</p>.African baboon dies in Delhi zoo, third animal death in as many weeks.<p>Sources at the zoo attributed the death to mismanagement.</p><p>A source said that during the estrus period, hormonal changes in animals often lead to increased tension and aggression.</p><p>Deer have not been segregated yet, the source said.</p><p>On January 2, a one-horned rhinoceros named Dharmendra brought from the Assam zoo as part of an animal exchange programme died under "mysterious circumstances" at the Delhi zoo.</p><p>On December 28, a nine-month-old white tiger cub succumbed to "traumatic shock and acute pneumonia".</p><p>The Delhi zoo houses more than 90 different species. It is home to over 1,000 birds and animals including leopards, lions, wolves, Asiatic elephants and chinkaras.</p>