Birth of White Deer

Snow-white deer was born.

On the birth of a white fawn in a deer ranch of Mr. Namgunghansu, Chaesan Village, Chonbuk, June 20, village residents all welcomed the good omen. Since the fawn is extremely snow white from the top to the toe except for its shiny red eyes, even Mr. Nmagung confused it with a lamb. Weight 3.5 kg, height 80 cm; everything is normal except for the color.

The parents of the albino deer are 5-year-old father from Manchuria and 3-year-old mother. Mr. Namgung, who raises 5 deer, said that other grown deer seem to be unfamiliar with this fawn. Kim Sung-Soo, the director of Kwangjin Veterinary Hospital, said that the white fawn is a kind of mutants created by abnormal genes.

Kim Kwang-Oh kokim@donga.com