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Mumbai, May 10
Escaping a furious leopard chase down a hill, a large spotted deer fell onto a dump roof, crashed into it, and landed in the small single room of Savita Singh’s bewildered family on Sunday, authorities said.
The incident occurred early Sunday morning in the Hanuman Tekdi slum colony, adjacent to the IIT-Bombay campus, when the deer took flight in the dark to evade the claws and jaws of the starving leopard that was chasing him.
In the fiery chase, the deer apparently slid down the hill to the roof of a dwelling, smashed it, and landed with a thud on the ground, stunning the stunned occupants.
While gathering their wits, some locals made an SOS call to the forest department, said Wildlife Guardian Pawan Sharma.
“I am calling from Powai, there is a fallen deer inside my neighbor’s house, we need help,” was the distress call.
Despite the blockade, the Forest Department’s Mumbai Range immediately mounted a 7-member rescue operation in conjunction with the Sharma RAWW, to save the large herbivore.
Amidst hundreds of excited slum dwellers who flocked to watch the morning show, the rescue team managed to reach the house, collect the deer, and carry them in a wild animal ambulance.
Team of #RAWW @RAWW_TWEETS an NGO working on urban rescue #wildlife I couldn’t believe what they were hearing when they got a call at 1.30 in the morning reporting that a deer had crashed on the roof and landed inside someone’s house in a poor neighborhood in #powai #Mumbai #WildAngle#Thread pic.twitter.com/9vlFlB5ZWB
– Virat A Singh (@tweetsvirat) May 10, 2020
“He was immediately taken to the Sanjay Gandhi National Park Rescue Center for more medical exams and rehabilitation,” Sharma later said.
A local social activist P.S. Fortunately Menon said that the huge deer seemed to have escaped any visible injury.
Even the inhabitants of the house, who slept just a couple of meters from where it crashed, were not damaged, and there was no damage to household items such as the fan, television, gas, cabinets, bed, etc.
“The deer looked surprised and shocked, but remained calm, motionless, observing the strange surroundings, and then was carried off without much fuss,” added Menon.
During the ongoing blockade, Mumbaikars has witnessed a large amount of wildlife hitherto invisible such as flocks of peacocks, kingfishers, dolphins, deer, foxes, mongooses, large snakes, etc., as the roads are in great part free of traffic or human crowds. IANS
Team of #RAWW @RAWW_TWEETS an NGO working on urban rescue #wildlife I couldn’t believe what they were hearing when they got a call at 1.30 in the morning reporting that a deer had crashed on the roof and landed inside someone’s house in a poor neighborhood in #powai #Mumbai #WildAngle#Thread pic.twitter.com/9vlFlB5ZWB
– Virat A Singh (@tweetsvirat) May 10, 2020
With one of its kind of urban forest right in the heart of #Mumbai NGOs working to rescue urban wildlife are always busy. Congratulations to these people and staff @MahaForest … several animals have not only been safely rescued from difficult situations but also rehabilitated and released pic.twitter.com/b1zAUjPek9
– Virat A Singh (@tweetsvirat) May 10, 2020
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