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Forest project on gibbons in sanctuary go awry [1]

The only wildlife sanctuary in India named after a non-human primate, the Hoolock Gibbon, the Gibbon Sanctuary was going to adopt a project to connect both sides of the forest separated by the railway line to cross by the Hoolock Gibbons. But the experiment is now not working to the expectation of the forest department.

Publication Date: 
05/05/2009
Assam Tribune (Guwahati) [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Wildlife [4], Elephant [5], Sanctuaries [6], Gibbon SA [7], Assam [8]
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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sanctuaries
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gibbon-sa
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/assam