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- There has been a massive decline in the population of Kashmir’s iconic wildlife species,the Hangul also known as the Kashmir stag.This has been a matter of big concern as conservation efforts have not yielded any significant results so far.
- Hangul is the state animal of Jammu & Kashmir.It is the only subspecies of red deer in India.It is restricted to Dachigam National Park some 15 km north-west of Jammu & Kashmir summer capital Srinagar.
- The Hangul is placed under Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act,1972 and the J&K Wildlife Protection Act,1978.The Hangul was once widely distributed in the mountains of Kashmir and parts of Chamba district in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh.
- The IUCN’s Red List has classified it as Critically Endangered and is also listed under the Species Recovery Programme of the Wildlife Institute of India(WII) and the Environmental Information System (ENVIS) of the Ministry of Environment,Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC).
- According to the latest survey in 2017,the population of Hangul is 182 in Dachigam and adjoining areas.Earlier population estimates suggest that they were 197 in 2004 and 186 in 2015.
- The biggest challenges which have been identified by experts in the way of conservation and population growth of Hangul are (a)habitat fragmentation (b)Lack of desirable breeding (c)male-female disparity in the Hangul population and (d)Influx of livestock herds of nomadic communities in the Dachigam National Park




