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In safe hands: Manjunath with the blackbuck.

Chitradurga: A wounded blackbuck that had strayed into human habitation three days ago was rescued here.

Three youths, Ramesh, Hanumanthappa and Manjunath, of Tippareddy Nagar rescued the animal, which is an endangered species.

Mr. Ramesh told The Hindu that they saw the animal wandering aimlessly on the road and it collapsed on the ground after being hit by an autorickshaw.

“There were many people around, but nobody showed any interest in tending to the injured animal. We then took the animal home,” Mr. Manjunath said.

The animal had injuries on its face and legs, and was finding it difficult to move, he said.

Mr. Ramesh said later the blackbuck was taken to a veterinary doctor. “We kept the animal for three days. It was given vegetables, grass and biscuits. When we found that it had recovered, we decided to hand it over to the Forest Department,” he said. A forest official, who received the blackbuck on Wednesday, said the animal would be sent to the Adamalleshwar zoo in the city.

He said cases of animals like blackbuck entering human habitation were rare.

The official guessed that the animal might have strayed into the town either while escaping from poachers or while it was being chased by other animals.

“It must have come from Chandaravalli forest area, which is a little over 2 km from Tippareddy Nagar,” he said.

However another forest official who did not want to be identified, ruled out the possibility. He said the gazelle would not have covered such a distance.

He felt that as the Jogimatti forest range had a number of blackbucks, the animal could have been captured and kept in a house, and it had managed to escape.

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