Wildlife
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117Satellite Collaring of Kashmir’s Rare Hangul Begins
SRINAGAR: Satellite collars are being fitted on a group of Hangul, a rare Red Deer species found only in this Himalayan region,...
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New Delhi Plans Pashmina Scheme As 22,000 Goats Die
SRINAGAR: Authorities say they envisaged a new scheme for Pashmina wool development with a Rs 41.21 crore allocation. They confirmed that thousands...
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118Four Injured As Leopard Enters House in Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Four people were injured when a leopard attacked them inside a house in central Kashmir, police said on Friday. The wild...
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Leopard Killed After Injuring 5 in J-K
SRINAGAR: Five people were injured in an attack by a leopard who was later killed by villagers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch...
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Acute Shortage of Pashmina Wool This Year?
JAMMU: Thousands of Pashmina goats may have perished in recent heavy snowfall around the nomadic areas of Changthang on the Sino-Indian frontier...
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222New menace in Kashmir countryside, Porcupines
SRINAGAR: An explosion in the population of Himalayan porcupine threatens to wreak havoc on the saffron and vegetable crops and fruit trees...
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Leopard mauls 11-year-old to death in north Kashmir
BARAMULLA: A leopard mauled an 11-year-old boy to death on Saturday when he was playing with his friends in north Kashmir, another...
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World Wetlands Day: Kashmir ruins birds’ winter haven
Feb 2 is observed as the World Wetlands Day; marking the Ramsar Convention, held on this day in 1971 in the Iranian...
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Kashmir govt to focus on wildlife tourism
JAMMU: Stressing on the need to promote wildlife tourism in Jammu and Kashmir, a state minister today said it has a great...
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Leopard stoned to death in north Kashmir
SRINAGAR: A leopard blamed for attacking half a dozen people in north Kashmir was brutally stoned to death by angry villagers, media...