Milu Yuan

The Milu Park, or Milu Yuan (Chinese: 麋鹿苑; pinyin: Mílù Yuán), is a large public park located in southern Beijing, China named after its captive breeding herd of milu or Père David's deer.

The gardens, palaces, forests, rivers, marshes and grasslands used to be enclosed by walls and gates.

Among the attractions are the Père David's deer or milu a deer that became extinct in China toward the end of the 19th century during the Qing dynasty.

The deer was re-introduced to Beijing from Britain, mainly the Whipsnad Wild Animal Park, in the 1980s.

[2] As of 2010, Milu Yuan had the highest population of Père David's deer worldwide.

A herd of milu or Père David's Deer, after which the park is named.