Guwahati, December 28
Nineteen swamp deer have been translocated for the first time in the country from Kaziranga National Park to Manas National Park in Assam. The capture process was initiated on December 9 last in the presence of Dr Markus Hofmyr of SANParks, South Africa, and other experts and they were released in the Manas yesterday, Assam Forest Minister Rakibul Hussain said today.
A team of experts from the Assam Forest Department (AFD), Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and Assam College of Veterinary Science monitored the process and part of an ongoing project supported by the ONGC. Popularly known as ‘Barasingha’, the entire population of this sub-species of eastern swamp deer is currently found only in Kaziranga. — PTI
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