Once feared locally extinct, the deer now roam five forest zones in Singapore. But their numbers are prompting calls for herd management. SINGAPORE: Once thought to be nearly gone from Singapore, the sambar deer is making a quiet comeback, with its population surging from 15 to 120 in five years. The herd's growth is raising new questions about how to manage a species that has no natural predators here and whose numbers show no signs of slowing. Most people in Singapore would likely not have