New Delhi, Nov. 27 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday put an immediate stop to the translocation of spotted deer from Delhi's A.N. Jha Deer Park to Rajasthan, after finding a "distressing pattern of negligence" on the part of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in handling previous translocations.
A Bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta noted that the DDA failed to comply with essential scientific and welfare protocols mandated by both the Central Zoo Authority guidelines and the IUCN Guidelines.
The Court observed that key pre-release measures such as genetic screening, tagging, tranquilisation protocols, veterinary certification, and behavioural acclimatisation were absent.
The Bench also expressed serious con...