Nagshankar, in northeastern Assam’s Biswanath district, has been designated a model temple for turtle conservation. Local MLA Padma Hazarika acknowledged the temple on behalf of the local authorities ...
A temple, in a revolutionary move, has come forward to end a superstition propagated by TV astrologers that led to death and violence among turtles at their pond. From last Saturday, the Nandi temple ...
In Assam, a centuries-old temple practice is helping attempts to revive an endangered turtle species
Following release of the black softshell turtle – Nilssonia nigricans – population in Assam’s Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary last year, Guwahati-based herpetologist Jayaditya Purkayastha is hoping for a ...
- Last year, 70 hatchlings of the black softshell turtle were released in Pobitora wildlife sanctuary in Assam. Since 2016, 300 hatchlings have been released in the wild under a programme where ...
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