Rajasthan has become the first state in India to launch a project to conserve leopards by improving their prey base, mitigating conflicts with humans and controlling poaching. With a budget of ₹7 crore, Project Leopard, will run across 8 wildlife Sanctuaries in Rajasthan Leopard: Nine subspecies of the leopard have been recognized, and they are distributed […]
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A species of the bats identified as leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros Fulvus), aboriginal to the Thar desert, has been re-sighted by a group of zoological researchers roosting in ancient caves at Daijar near Jodhpur. The bat specie has been re-sighted after 37 years, last being not reported since 1979 in the Thar. A thorough search inside the cave and
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This article is based on special article released in Times of India on Sloth Bears of Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary (Rajasthan) & Jessore Wildlife Sanctuary (Gujarat). What is Sloth Bear? There are actually three types of bear found mostly in India: Himalayan Black bear Brown Bear Sloth Bear Out of these, Sloth Bear, is a nocturnal
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