The experience of creating maral-breeding kennels with the purpose of restoring the number of red deer in Krasnoyarsk region

For the purpose of restoration of the number of the population of red deer in Krasnoyarsk Region maral breeding nursery was established. The ob- jects of the research were marals of Altai-Sayansk population, numbering 60 heads. The method of restoration was used to the number of the deer by captive breeding and further introduction into na- ture. The dynamics of the number of marals by 2000 showed sharp decrease, in connection with itin some areas of the region was limited to it or at all hunting for marals was forbidden, and separate territorial groups were included in the Red List of Krasnoyarsk Region. There was a need for artificial maintenance of population and creation of marals breeding nursery for growing deer and release of young growth in native habitat. The experience of construction and start was given to the production of marals breeding nursery with technical charac- teristics in the territory of wildlife area Byuzinsky, including reproduction and demonstration territo- ries...