The Deer Conservationist

Ketut Karnita built a home breeding center to safeguard the local deer population, crucial for customary rituals in his area.

April 15, 2014

Dozens of small, agile kijang deer (Cervulus muntjac) played amid the flower shrubs in an open shed owned by Ketut Karnita in Batungsel village. They ran back and forth, chasing one another along the six-by-20-meter outbuilding fenced with one-meter-high prefab bricks. After a while, Karnita shouted a call to the deer, offering them twigs with thick leaves. The 65-year-old man fed the animals and caressed their heads tenderly. The spectacle took

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