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Webinar organized on conservation of endangered species
The India Tourism in association with NE Focus organized a webinar on the preservation and conservation of rare and endangered species of the Northeast with special reference to the Hoolock Gibbon.
| 4 Aug 2021 2:30 AM GMT
GUWAHATI: The India Tourism in association with NE Focus organized a webinar on the preservation and conservation of rare and endangered species of the Northeast with special reference to the Hoolock Gibbon.
SS Devbarman gave the inaugural address wherein he talked of the faunal diversity of Assam and the Northeast. He talked of the Hoolock Gibbon and its characteristic traits.
All about India s Wild Life Protection Act, 1972 and the animals protected under the compassionate law Updated Jan 30, 2021 | 06:00 IST
More than 50 wildlife sanctuaries in India have been designated as tiger reserves and are protected areas under the Wild Life Protection Act, 1972 (WPA - 1972). Know all about the conservationist law WPA-1972. The Bengal Tiger | Photo Credit: iStock Images
Key Highlights
The iconic Bengal tiger India’s national animal is the top draw for safari-goers.
An impressive array of wild things can be spotted in India’s teakwood forests, grasslands, mountains, rivers, and other natural spaces.
India is blessed with dense forests and thriving, healthy ecosystems within its borders. The flora and fauna of India, some of them only endemic to India, makes India a hotspot for tourists. The country is also home to well over 2000 tigers - most of which reside and roam within protected reserves.
Wednesday, 30 Dec 2020 12:33 PM MYT
BY IDA LIM
Betsy and Lola ― the two of the gibbons taken by Perhilitan yesterday. ― Picture via Facebook/Gibbon Conservation Society
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 The Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) yesterday seized and removed four gibbons by force from a gibbon rehabilitation centre in Pahang operated by its former wildlife ranger, even as a court dispute over the gibbons remains pending, reports have said.
Even as Gibbon Rehabilitation Project’s (GReP) founder Mariani Ramli continues to pursue the court case at the Federal Court, Perhilitan had confiscated the gibbons by acting on a Court of Appeal decision in the government department’s favour.