New Delhi, May 11 -- A rare albino nilgai has been repeatedly spotted inside the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus, likely making it the only such animal in Delhi and possibly the entire National Capital Region (NCR). Dr Surya Prakash, a zoologist (PhD) from JNU who has studied campus wildlife for nearly four decades, identified the animal as an adult female aged 4-5 years. "This is the only albino nilgai in Delhi and even likely in NCR. We cannot find records of such a blue bull from the past too," he said. He added that he and the JNU Animal Welfare Society are working to protect it from campus traffic and stray dogs within the southern ridge habitat. Albino animals lack melanin production, resulting in white fur and pink or red eyes. They carry poor immunity, making selective breeding inadvisable. Faiyaz Khudsar, scientist-in-charge of the Delhi Development Authority's (DDA) biodiversity parks programme, called it a new regional record, noting similar colour aberrations have previously been documented in Maharashtra and Rajasthan across species, including nilgai, blackbuck, and Indian gazelle. Sohail Madan, an ecologist at the WildTales Foundation, noted albinos occur in fewer than one in 10,000 births. "This ghostly white individual, with its typical diurnal behaviour of browsing at dawn and dusk," he said....