Hangul struggles to survive, count dips to 138

The only Asiatic survivor of the red deer, hangul is struggling against extinction as the latest census puts the lower limit of its total population at an alarming 138. The latest census carried out by the state’s Department of Wildlife Protection in technical collaboration with the Wildlife Institute of India has found grim statistics with no significant improvement in the hangul population. “The population estimate of hangul is 182, with upper and lower limits of 214 and 138, respectively,” the latest census report said. The latest limit is the lowest…

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