Rescued female Nilgai dies at Ramsagar National Park
Bangladesh's only female Nilgai which was rescued from Ranisankail upazila of Thakurgaon district last year died at Ramsagar National Park yesterday evening.
Abdus Salam Tuhin, a caretaker of the national park, said two endangered Nilgais - a female and a male -- were roaming inside the mini zoo of the park on Saturday. Suddenly, the female fell down after hitting the bar of a fence and died on the spot.
Meanwhile, a three-member probe body was formed to unearth the reason behind the death of the animal, he said.
On September 4, 2018, locals captured the female Nilgai from Ranisankail Upazila in Thakurgaon. The forest department then rescued the animal and brought it to Ramsagar. Another Nilgai, rescued from Manda upazila in Naogaon district was also shifted to the park on January 22.
Nilgai, (Boselaphus tragocamelus), also called bluebuck, the largest Asian antelope (family Bovidae). The Nilgai is indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. The Nilgai was declared extinct in the wild in Bangladesh by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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