“Photo of Deer on Ooty-Coimbatore Road during the current lockdown”
Social media posts
Claim dated 25 Mar 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
It is an old photo. The photo is on the internet atleast since 2014. It was taken in Japan, not in India
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 25 March 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 28 March 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3393381674023468&set=a.352401978121468&type=3&the…
Links recorded by FACTLY. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.