The HC was hearing an application seeking stay on the translocation of the animals from the AN Jha Deer Park in Hauz Khas to any other place till the time the main writ petition alleging non-compliance of guidelines on translocation of animals by authorities is finally decided.
The petition, filed by New Delhi Nature Society, through its president Verhaen Khanna, alleged that CZA and IUCN guidelines for the relocation of the animals are not being followed.
Behind this twin move is the “overcrowding” at the park its deer population has grown unchecked over the years because of the absence of a natural predator. The park, which houses deer, rabbits and ducks, is an oasis of green amid the increasingly crowded neighbourhoods abutting it.