EnvironmentThe National Zoo sells surplus spotted deer in male-female pairs at 50,000 taka each. Under the 2017 Deer and Elephant Rearing Rules, keepers need Forest Department permission, a shed of set size, grazing space and a fence.
EnvironmentNijhum Dwip in Noakhali had 22,000 spotted deer in 1996, but habitat loss, poaching, predators and food shortages cut the herd below 2,000 by 2015; a Jagonews24 article in July 2026 called for action to save them.
EnvironmentA joint Coast Guard and police raid in the Kanainagar area of Mongla, Bagerhat, around midnight on 25 November 2025 recovered 32 kg of deer meat, two heads, eight legs and about 2,000 metres of deer snares, and a man accused of poaching was detained.
