Project Nilgiri Tahr launched
- Chief Minister M.K. Stalin launched the ‘Project Nilgiri Tahr on October 12, 2023 with an outlay of ₹25 crore.
- The project aims to
- Develop a better understanding of Nilgiri Tahr population
- Distribution and ecology
- Reintroduction of Nilgiri Tahr to their historic habitats
- Addressing proximate threat to Nilgiri Tahr.
About Niligiri Tahr
- State animal of TN
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- Nilgiri Tahr Day – October 7 (In honour of E.R.C. Davidar, who was responsible for pioneering one of the first studies of the species in 1975)
- It prefers montane grasslands, with steep and rocky terrains at an altitude between 300 metres and 2,600 metres above sea level.
- Project Nilgiri Tahr
- An initiative for the conservation of the Nilgiri Tahr.
Implemented from 2022 to 2027.
