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India: Captive breeding to save Kashmir's rare red deer

Agence France-Presse: Kashmir's endangered red deer faces extinction without a captive breeding programme that will start this summer in the scenic Himalayan region, Indian wildlife officials said. The antlered deer, known as the hangul, were once a major attraction in the mountain-ringed forests of Dachigam near Srinagar, summer capital of Kashmir and the focus of an 18-year old insurrection against Indian rule. "The population of hangul as per the latest census has come down from 228 to 160 ... Read »
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