Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
India’s only extant red deer species, the Kashmir red deer, or hangul (Cervus hanglu hanglu) is restricted today to the confines of the 141 sq. km Dachigam National Park (NP) in Jammu and Kashmir, with about 200 surviving individuals. A continual population decline of hangul has necessitated the identification of …
Altogether 29 Eco Sensitive Zones (ESZ) spread across 10 states in the country have been notified till now for having environmental resources of incomparable values which require special attention for their conservation, Lok Sabha was told today. Replying to a question in Lok Sabha, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar also …
State government yet to declare buffer zones around habitat of rare species With stone quarrying and gypsum mining going on unabated in the eco-sensitive areas of the Dachigam National Park and the Lachipora Wildlife Sanctuary in Kashmir, the wildlife authorities have sought the shifting of stone quarries and gypsum mines …
The hangul (Cervus elaphus hanglu) is of great conservation concern because it represents the easternmost and only hope for an Asiatic survivor of the red deer species in the Indian subcontinent. Despite the rigorous conservation efforts of the Department of Wildlife Protection in Jammu & Kashmir, the hangul population has …
Hangul (Cervus elaphus hanglu), the eastern most subspecies of red deer, is now confined only to the mountains in the Kashmir region of Jammu & Kashmir State of India. It is of great conservation significance as this is the last and only hope for Asiatic survivor of the red deer …
After successfully tagging a hangul (Kashmir stag) with a GPS (global positioning system) collar, wildlife scientists in Kashmir have started receiving satellite data which is opening new dimensions about the biology of the animal. The preliminary data received through satellites has begun providing evidence about the rare animal’s resting places …
SRINAGAR, Sep 16 : Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India, was briefed about the measures being taken by the Government for the conservation of Hangul and other fauna, during his visit to the Dachigam National Park today. Through a power point presentation, Rashid Naqash, Divisional Forest Officer/Wildlife Warden, briefed …
SRINAGAR, Sept 8: Minister for Forest and Environment Mian Altaf Ahmed today declared Dachigam National Park open for nature lovers and adventure skits interested in mountain cycling. Visitors can now enjoy the scenic beauty of national park and wild life during the course of their visit. The Minister while inaugurating …
In a bid to step up the conservation of the critically endangered, “Ghosts of the Mountain” or the charismatic snow leopards and Hangul, a species of red deer, endemic to Jammu & Kashmir, the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has given `4.6 crore to three States. This comes under …
The present study highlights the physico chemical properties of soils under two different plant communities. The soil was loamy in texture and more acidic in nature.
Expansion of range and habitat of Hangul (Kashmiri stag) to alpine meadows in the upper Dachigam National Park here is believed to recuperate ideal summer habitat for stag, which will lead to its long-term conservation and survival. The habitat used by Hangul in the past, presently finds its stray presence …
With cases of bears straying out of their habitat and attacking people rising, mostly in the outlying areas close to forests, wildlife officials have started a pilot project of putting GPS collars around the necks of Himalayan black bears in a bid to study their movement and behavioural pattern. Officials …
Bashaarat Masood In the first such move in India, the J-K Wildlife Department has put satellite collars on black bears to study their ecological behaviour and to help prevent the man-animal conflict from escalating. A team of researchers from the Wildlife Institute of India, which is studying the ecology of …
The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of the litter chemistry of Ulmus villosa Brandis grown in the Dachigam National Park Srinagar J & K on their decomposition rates. Freshly fallen litter from the species were analyzed for N. Litter bag technique was used to determine …
Here the researchers present an observation on the rutting behaviour of the nationally threatened population of Red Deer in Kashmir, Cervus elaphus hanglu, commonly known as Hangul, in the Dachigam National Park (DNP). Original Source
Stepping in to save Kashmir's endangered red deer -hanguls - from extinction, the Jammu and Kashmir government has launched a Rs 8.80 crore project under which carnivore proof enclosures will be set up for captive breeding of fawns. With most of the stags falling prey to leopards, wild dogs, jackals …
Syed Basharat SRINAGAR, Jan 7: After successfully commencing a research project on Asiatic black bears in Dachigam National Park, the state wild life department is contemplating to fix the Global Positioning System (GPS)-a space-based radionavigation system on Kashmiri Hangul to monitor all weather reliable information about home ranges, seasonal movements, …
The statistics are grim. The Kashmir hangul, the only surviving subspecies of the red deer family, is slowly becoming extinct. In fact, as per the latest census report released in March, its population has come down from 228 to 160 in the last four years. This, when in the late …
The residents of Khrew and Khanmoh in Pampore Tehsil have expressed serious concern over the increasing number of cement manufacturing factories, which they said have become major source of pollution in the area. Demanding that the factories should either be closed down or shifted to some uninhabited areas, the residents …
