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School-dropouts turn wildlife conservationists in Meghalaya

On: June 27, 2018

Shillong: Two school-dropouts have started a crusade to save the highly endangered Western Hoolock Gibbons, their habitats, and birds in the forests of the remote East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya. Armed with a loaned camera, the two are also taking pictures of birds found in the forests for documentationContinue Reading

Birds get their basic right in Meghalaya

By: Matters India

On: August 9, 2015

In: National

Khasi – An order of the East Khasi Hills district administration has become the ‘wind beneath the wings’ of birds and now they have their ‘fundamental right’ to fly. The district has become one of the few places where keeping or selling of caged birds is an offense, after Friday’sContinue Reading