Recently, the Bihar government has announced a ban on the killing of ‘Blue Bull’, locally known as ‘Nilgais’ or Ghurpara. Instead, they will be sterilized to control the growing population of ‘Nilgais’ in the state.
The ‘Nilgai’ is the largest Asian antelope and is found almost everywhere in the northern Indian subcontinent. The Hindu Analysis.
‘Nilgai’ is the only member of the Boselaphus genus and is placed in the ‘Bovidae’ family.
This species has a distinctive ‘sex dimorphism’; MaleNilgai are larger in size and different in color than females.
‘Nilgai’ is found in India, Nepal and Pakistan. In the foothills of the Himalayas, their numbers are quite high in the lowlands of the Terai. The Hindu Analysis.
It is endemic to the Indian subcontinent.
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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