{"id":130855,"date":"2021-09-02T17:20:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T11:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=130855"},"modified":"2021-09-04T16:24:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T10:54:56","slug":"snow-leopard-black-necked-crane-declared-state-animal-and-birds-in-ladakh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/snow-leopard-black-necked-crane-declared-state-animal-and-birds-in-ladakh\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow leopard, Black necked crane declared state animal and birds in Ladakh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This post is based on the article \u201c<\/span><strong>Snow leopard, Black-necked crane declared state animal and birds in Ladakh<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d published in <strong>Times of India<\/strong> on <strong>2nd September 2021<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh has <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">declared &#8216;<strong>snow leopard<\/strong>&#8216; as its state animal and <strong>black-necked crane<\/strong> as its State Bird.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Note<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <strong>Erstwhile<\/strong> Jammu and Kashmir state had the <strong>black-necked crane and Kashmir stag (Hangul) as its state bird and animal<\/strong> respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>About Snow Leopard:<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><b>Snow leopards <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">re found in the mountainous regions of central and southern Asia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wwf-report-on-snow-leopards\/\">Snow leopards<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><b>About Black Necked Crane:<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/black-necked-crane-named-in-assam\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black Necked Crane<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is endemic to the Tibetan Plateau. The largest populations of the bird are in China, with smaller numbers extending into Vietnam, Bhutan, and India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>In India, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eastern Ladakh is the only known breeding ground for Black-necked cranes outside China. <\/span><b style=\"font-family: var(--list--font-family); background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The estimated population of Black-necked Crane in the Ladakh region<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is between 80-100 while the global population is estimated to be around 6,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Recently, for the first time, a Black-necked Crane has been fitted with satellite transmitters in the Ladakh region to know its migration routes.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/black-necked-crane-named-in-assam\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black Necked Crane<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: This post is based on the article \u201cSnow leopard, Black-necked crane declared state animal and birds in Ladakh\u201d published in Times of India on 2nd September 2021. What is the News? The Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh has declared &#8216;snow leopard&#8216; as its state animal and black-necked crane as its State Bird. 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