Latest Nilgiri Tahr News & Updates

Chennai, March 31 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Forest Department is likely to defer the third Nilgiri Tahr census in view of the upcoming Assembly elections scheduled for April 23, with officials now planning to conduct the exercise between April 28 and May 1, subject to final approval. The four-day census, a key wildlife monitoring initiative, is expected to be carried out across multiple habitats of the endangered Nilgiri Tahr, the state animal of Tamil Nadu. Authorities indicated that preparatory st…