The Calamanian Deer, Prince Alfred’s Spotted Deer and Philippine Brown Deer, all endemic to the Philippines, are threatened by deforestation and illegal poaching.
The Prince Alfred Spotted Deer was included on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red list of threatened species as having “endangered” status caused largely by habitat diminution and hunting pressure.
The 1985 survey on the decline of the Spotted Deer indicated that it is bound to be extinct in 09 percent of its breeding range, according to Update correspondent Ysabel San Pedro.
A tentative management plan for development of 40000 hectares of forest areas in the new Mt. Baloy National Park is being undertaken and funding efforts to launch the development of a captive breeding program are ongoing.
The breeding program is financed by Melbourne Zoo, San Diego Zoological Society and Silliman University in Dumaguete City , Philippines.
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