Assam Forest Minister, Shri. Chandra Mohan Patowary has released a strategy document for the conservation of the State Bird, the “White-winged duck”, prepared by the Wildlife Trust of India, in collaboration with the Assam Forest Department.Whi
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