The conservation status of sloth bear is same as that of Asiatic lion on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. But a CAG report finds gaps in Gujarat’s conservation strategy on many counts.
The Bill is set to be tabled after the contentious term ‘Common’ was removed from the title, and three more government-run universities were added to the initial list of eight.
Six months ago, conflicts between Asiatic black bears and people around Manas National Park were largely unheard of, but in October the animals suddenly started to enter villages along the India-Bhutan border