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Protection of natural mithun habitat through forest conservation
Morung Express | Abino Lhousa | Nov 15
Mithun is a unique ruminant fount in the North-Eastern hill regions of India, mainly in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur and also in neighbouring countries like Myanmar, Bhutan, Bangladesh and China. As for now, Mithun is no longer a wild animal, nor is it completely domesticated. They require natural habitat consisting of sufficient dense forest, slopes and water sources away from human settlement.
However, with the forest cover in Mithun rearing states showing declining trend touching 9.3 million hectare in 2009 from 11.9 million hectares of 1997, the Mithun population has also suffered immensely.
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