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The zoo curator said, in order to prevent infighting The zoo curator said, in order to prevent infightingamong the deer, the dominant ones are kept separately andmultiple food stations have been created. "We keep the dominant males separately. There aremultiple feeding stations so that the dominant ones do notattack the meek for food. This phenomenon is also calledprevention of ‘monopoly of food’," he said. Singh, who is undertaking the study under the guidance ofProfessor Amarjeet Kaur, said the brow antlered deer at thezoo here have adapted to their new surroundings and hopefullytheir numbers will increase in the future. "It is critical to conserve and protect brow antlereddeer as their number is dwindling. Delhi zoo has adopted manymeasures to conserve these animals, from providing organiseddiet to making seasonal arrangements," she said. The Delhi zoo is part of the conservation breedingprogrammes of the Central Zoo Authority for the Royal Bengaltiger, Indian rhinoceros, swamp deer, Asiatic lion, browantlered deer and red jungle fowl. PTI SRY SKAAR