After successfully tagging a hangul (Kashmir stag) with a GPS (global positioning system) collar, wildlife scientists in Kashmir have started receiving satellite data which is opening new dimension

SRINAGAR, Sep 16 : Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India, was briefed about the measures being taken by the Government for the conservation of Hangul and other fauna, during his visit to t

SRINAGAR, Sept 8: Minister for Forest and Environment Mian Altaf Ahmed today declared Dachigam National Park open for nature lovers and adventure skits interested in mountain cycling.

In a bid to step up the conservation of the critically endangered, “Ghosts of the Mountain” or the charismatic snow leopards and Hangul, a species of red deer, endemic to Jammu & Kashmir, the M

Expansion of range and habitat of Hangul (Kashmiri stag) to alpine meadows in the upper Dachigam National Park here is believed to recuperate ideal summer habitat for stag, which will lead to its long-term conservation and survival. The habitat used by Hangul in the past, presently finds its stray presence in those places.

With cases of bears straying out of their habitat and attacking people rising, mostly in the outlying areas close to forests, wildlife officials have started a pilot project of putting GPS collars around the necks of Himalayan black bears in a bid to study their movement and behavioural pattern.

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In the first such move in India, the J-K Wildlife Department has put satellite collars on black bears to study their ecological behaviour and to help prevent the man-animal conflict from escalating.