Animal News (Except Bigcats)

[Jimmy]

good news from Chitwan National Park, amidst setback that saw 6 translocated buffaloes to Chitwan die, Now they seem to have adjusted to their new home with two buffaloes giving birth and the other one being pregnant. there are altogether 7 females of breeding age and 2 males. Now with two births there are 11 wild buffaloes.

Source: WWF Nepal
#Chitwan National Park welcomed its first #WildWaterBuffalo calf in 70 years! The calf was born last week to one of the 15 animals translocated in 2017. While 6 died from natural causes the new addition does bode well for the endangered species.

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Source: National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC), Nepal
With the second new-born calf today, the #WildWaterBuffalo (#Arna in Nepali) population in #ChitwanNationalPark has increased to eleven in the past one week. Definitely reassuring that #Arna translocation efforts in #Nepal is slowly and steadily beginning to bear fruit.

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