Genetic diversity of pygmy hogs even after long-term captive breeding in Assam elates conservationists

In what was called the first study to assess the genetic impact on captive-bred wild animals in India, scientists have found that pygmy hogs, the endangered and smallest pig species in the wild maintained genetic diversity even after long-term captive breeding in Assam.  Conservationists in Assam have done captive breeding of nearly 500 pygmy hogs since 1996 and have so far

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