{"id":822,"date":"2019-02-18T17:34:26","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T12:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=822"},"modified":"2019-02-18T17:34:26","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T12:04:26","slug":"caught-down-the-wire-punjabs-blackbuck-fight-for-existence-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/caught-down-the-wire-punjabs-blackbuck-fight-for-existence-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Caught down the wire: Punjab\u2019s blackbuck fight for existence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Number of blackbuck deaths in Abohar Wildlife\nSanctuary (AWS)&nbsp;has raised serious concern. The AWS is an open sanctuary\nand comprises 13 villages of Bishnoi belt in Abohar Tehsil area of Ferozpur\ndistrict, Punjab.<\/li><li>The blackbuck, an antelope, was notified as the state animal of Punjab in\n1989. In Punjab, it is only found in Abohar Wildlife Sanctuary. This is because\nsemi-arid plains consisting agricultural fields, intermittent fallow lands,\nscattered sand dunes, sand mounds and ridges provide suitable habitat for the\nanimal.<\/li><li>The hunting\nof blackbuck is prohibited in India under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection\nAct, 1972.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Number of blackbuck deaths in Abohar Wildlife Sanctuary (AWS)&nbsp;has raised serious concern. The AWS is an open sanctuary and comprises 13 villages of Bishnoi belt in Abohar Tehsil area of Ferozpur district, Punjab. The blackbuck, an antelope, was notified as the state animal of Punjab in 1989. In Punjab, it is only found in Abohar&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/caught-down-the-wire-punjabs-blackbuck-fight-for-existence-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Caught down the wire: Punjab\u2019s blackbuck fight for existence<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[4204,4205],"class_list":["post-822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-abohar-wildlife-sanctuary-aws","tag-blackbuck","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704886305},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}