National Endangered Species Day 2023:  5 Endangered Species of India

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The third Friday in May is designated as National Endangered Species Day to increase public awareness of the significance of preserving endangered species. This year, On May 19 2023, this day will be observed.

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This year’s theme is, “Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the endangered species act!”

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Bengal Tiger The Bengal Tiger has been listed as one of the most endangered species as a result of decades of sustained poaching and trophy hunting. There are currently fewer than 2,000 individuals of the species remaining in the wild, and they only inhabit 7% of their historical ecological range.

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Snow Leopard With a population of only 500 in India, the Snow Leopard can only be found in the states of Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and the western and eastern Himalayas.

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Asiatic Lion The Gir National Park and its surroundings in Gujarat are the only places where the full population of this species may be found. There are just 500–650 Asiatic lions left in the country, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which listed the species as endangered in 2010.

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One-horned Rhinoceros For decades, one-horned rhinoceroses have been killed as agricultural pests and heavily hunted for their horns, which are said to have therapeutic virtues.

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Blackbuck The blackbuck, or Indian antelope, is currently one of India’s most endangered species as a result of widespread poaching throughout the princely states of the country. There were about 80,000 Blackbucks in 1947. In contrast, in less than 20 years, that number had decreased to 8,000.