Nine captive-bred pygmy hogs released in Assam national park
3 months, 1 week ago

Nine captive-bred pygmy hogs released in Assam national park

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI Nine captive-bred pygmy hogs were released in western Assam’s Manas National Park on Tuesday. The Assam Forest Department, the U.K.-based Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission’s Wild Pig Specialist Group, the Union Environment Ministry and Ecosystems-India are stakeholders in the PHCP with Aaranyak, an Assam-based biodiversity conservation group, as the delivery partner. We have, so far, successfully bred and reintroduced 179 pygmy hogs in the protected areas of Assam,” Parag Jyoti Deka, project director of the PHCP, said. The PHCP started in 1996 with two males and two females captured from the Bansbari Range of the Manas National Park.

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