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Feasibility Study Regarding Re-Introduction of Pygmy Hog (Porcula salvania Hodgson, 1847) at Gorumara National Park, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal


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1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India
 

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Captive breeding and subsequent reintroduction of a threatened species is an important and in some cases very successful tool for species conservation. Now-a-days re-introductions using captive-bred individuals are not uncommon than the translocations of wild species.
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  • Feasibility Study Regarding Re-Introduction of Pygmy Hog (Porcula salvania Hodgson, 1847) at Gorumara National Park, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal

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Authors

A. K. Sanyal
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India
J. K. De
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India
R. P. Das
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India
K. Venkataraman
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India

Abstract


Captive breeding and subsequent reintroduction of a threatened species is an important and in some cases very successful tool for species conservation. Now-a-days re-introductions using captive-bred individuals are not uncommon than the translocations of wild species.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v113i1.168860