INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Over 1,000 roe deer have invaded the Omsk region in western Siberia due to abnormal weather, with around 100 animals wandering in the city
severe frosts, could have triggered the sudden migration of the deer, which have never been seen in the city in such numbers before, Sergei
Palaguta said.Omsk residents have regularly encountered roe deer in recent weeks, sharing videos and photos online of wild animals running
Last week, the Russian National Guard (Rosgvardia) rescued a roe deer after it got stuck in a metal fence.Annual roe deer migration in the
Omsk region has stretched on longer than normal this year due to an unusually warm and long autumn coupled with a lack of snow, the local
Department of Wildlife Protection said.Palaguta pointed to the region's lack of wildlife crossings which could have allowed animals to
safely navigate across roads
Instead, two railway branches acted as a kind of trap, directing migrating roe deer herds toward the city of Omsk."[In the suburbs], a
considerable number of roe deer have accumulated in the fields, and inevitably, they began searching for exits from this formed bottleneck,
with some of them entering the city," the official said.In mid-December, large numbers of roe deer were seen in the Samara region coming out
to the sown fields in search of food as temperatures fell to minus 25 degrees Celsius.
