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Loktak Sangai faces threat from grass
The Telegraph | Imphal, June 13:
The world’s most threatened deer species Sangai, which is only found in Manipur, now faces a new threat from a plant known as para grass (brachiaria mutica). P. Kumar, associate professor of life science department of Manipur University said if the invasion of this grass into the Keibul Lamjao National Park — the only remaining natural habitat of Sangai — was not checked, the deer species might become extinct in a few years.
There are about 11-12 species of water plants on which the deer survives. If the grass covered the entire area there would be no food for Sangai and it will become extinct,” Kumar said while participating in a one-day discussion on climate change organised by an Imphal-based daily at the Manipur Press Club on World Environment Day.
R.K. Ranjan, state coordinator of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, said the state veterinary department brought the para grass first to Manipur as fodder for cattle in the late sixties.
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