{"id":369519,"date":"2026-08-13T12:34:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T07:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=369519"},"modified":"2026-08-13T12:34:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T07:04:46","slug":"changthang-cold-desert-wildlife-sanctuary-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/changthang-cold-desert-wildlife-sanctuary-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Changthang Cold Desert Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Bombay Natural History Society has sterilised more than 2,950 free-ranging dogs in Ladakh, including its breeding site in Changthang Cold Desert Wildlife Sanctuary, to protect vulnerable, Black-necked Cranes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About Changthang Cold Desert Wildlife Sanctuary<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_369528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-369528\" style=\"width: 263px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-369528\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-ResearchGate-3.jpg?resize=263%2C389&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Changthang Cold Desert Wildlife Sanctuary\" width=\"263\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-ResearchGate-3.jpg?resize=203%2C300&amp;ssl=1 203w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-ResearchGate-3.jpg?w=430&amp;ssl=1 430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-369528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; ResearchGate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>It is located at the\u00a0<strong>Ladakhi Changthang plateau<\/strong>\u00a0in the<strong>\u00a0Leh district of Ladakh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Established in: <\/strong>1987<\/li>\n<li><strong>Area:<\/strong>\u00a0It covers an area of almost<strong>\u00a01,600 sq. km.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is home to the\u00a0<strong>highest altitude water lakes,<\/strong>\u00a0namely,\u00a0<strong>Tso Moriri (which also happens to be the highest lake on earth), Pangong Tso and Tso Kar and Korzok village\u00a0<\/strong>(considered to be the\u00a0<strong>world\u2019s highest village<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tribes:<\/strong> The indigenous <strong>Changpa nomadic tribe<\/strong>\u00a0coexists with the region\u2019s fragile ecosystem for centuries<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna:<\/strong>\u00a0It is home to large carnivores such as the\u00a0<strong>Snow leopard, Himalayan grey wolf and Lynx<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>The region also\u00a0<strong>supports six species of wild ungulates:<\/strong>\u00a0Blue sheep, Tibetan argali, Kiang, Tibetan gazelle, Tibetan antelope, and Wild yak.<\/li>\n<li>Additionally, species such as the<strong>\u00a0Himalayan marmot, woolly hare, Tibetan snowcock, and Chukar<\/strong>\u00a0thrive in the region.<\/li>\n<li>It also serves as the\u00a0<strong>only known breeding site<\/strong>\u00a0in India for the<strong>\u00a0Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis) and Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Around\u00a0<strong>44 types of water birds and seasonal species of migratory birds<\/strong>\u00a0such as the black-necked crane, bar-headed goose, Brahminy duck, Lammergeier, and brown-headed gulls are found here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora:<\/strong>\u00a0It is home to almost<strong>\u00a0200 species of wild plants<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>Cold-resistant grasses like\u00a0<strong>Stipa and Kobresia along with cushion herbs<\/strong>\u00a0like thyme grow in the arid habitat of the Changthang plateau.<\/li>\n<li>The<strong>\u00a0sparse vegetation covers less than 10% of the rolling steppes<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0mountain\u00a0slopes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Bombay Natural History Society has sterilised more than 2,950 free-ranging dogs in Ladakh, including its breeding site in Changthang Cold Desert Wildlife Sanctuary, to protect vulnerable, Black-necked Cranes. About Changthang Cold Desert Wildlife Sanctuary Location:\u00a0It is located at the\u00a0Ladakhi Changthang plateau\u00a0in the\u00a0Leh district of Ladakh. Established in: 1987 Area:\u00a0It covers an area of almost\u00a01,600&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/changthang-cold-desert-wildlife-sanctuary-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Changthang Cold Desert Wildlife Sanctuary<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11211],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-369519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}