The suitable habitat of the threatened sangai or brow-antlered deer (
Rucervus eldii eldii) found only in Manipur’s Keibul Lamjao National Park is likely to narrow down and become limited by 2,050-2,070 due to climate change, according to new research.
The study published in the journal
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment has revealed that the suitable distribution areas for the sangai deer will be narrower and will be restricted to the central core zone of the protected area.
Unlike other national parks in India, Keibul Lamjao National Park is a 40 sq km patch comprising mainly of floating biomass (locally called phumdi) and water body, in the southern rim of the saucer-shaped Loktak Lake, a Ramsar wetland of international importance and the largest freshwater lake in northeast India. As per the 2016 census, the park is home to 260 sangai.
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Wetland in Howrah to shelter fishing cats Enclosure to educate people about habitat of Bengal’s state animal
A mini-wetland is coming up inside a park in Howrah to provide a home for rescued fishing cats.
The enclosure, carved out of a portion of land at Garchumuk Deer Park in Uluberia, around 60km from the heart of Calcutta, is fenced by a mesh of steel wires.
Bamboo shoots have been planted inside the enclosure. An artificial shallow water body has been dug. Tall reeds like khori (Saccharum narenga) and hogla (Typha elephantina and Typha domingensis) will be planted there.
Two pairs of fishing cats, rescued from Howrah, have been just released into the open enclosure, said a forest official in Howrah.
Discovery of Hangul carcass in Dachigam Sanctuary fuels concerns over suspected poaching of Kashmir s iconic deer Along with the poaching of Hangul, leopards, bears, musk deer and other mammals, poaching of birds is also worrying wildlife lovers and experts in Kashmir. The Third Pole February 15, 2021 15:30:54 IST
By Athar Parvaiz
On 17 January, a group of young men out on a winter trek in the Dachigam Wildlife Sanctuary near Srinagar were stunned to see the carcass of a Hangul with bullet wounds in the Pehlipora area of the forest.
“We were shocked when we saw the dead Hangul. There were clear signs of a bullet injury on its body,” said one of the trekkers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “There was no footprint of a wild animal such as a leopard on the snow around that spot. It appeared that the Hangul fled from where it was shot and succumbed after covering so