{"id":121647,"date":"2021-09-06T09:45:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T09:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=121647"},"modified":"2021-09-06T09:45:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T09:45:12","slug":"snow-leopard-and-the-black-necked-crane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/snow-leopard-and-the-black-necked-crane\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow Leopard and the Black-Necked Crane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Recently which of the following state\/UT has declared the snow leopard and the black-necked crane as its state animal and state bird?<br><\/strong>a) Chandigarh<br>b) Ladakh<br>c) Daman and Diu<br>d) None of these<br><strong>Answer: (b)<br>Related Facts:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On 31 August 2021; the Union Territory of Ladakh has declared the snow leopard and the black-necked crane as its state animal and state bird, respectively.<\/li><li>Both snow leopards and black-necked cranes are rare species great attraction value for tourists.<\/li><li>Especially the snow leopard at the Hemis National Park, for which the tourists come even in winters.<\/li><li>Black-necked cranes have a great cultural significance and are mentioned in the local folk stories and folk songs.<\/li><li>The Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust has been working for snow leopards for more than three decades now.<\/li><li>According to World Wide Fund-India (WWF-India), there is a significant threat to the successful breeding of black-necked cranes.<\/li><li>This threat comes from the damage to the eggs and chicks caused by feral dogs owned by armed forces as well as by the local nomads.<\/li><li>Another threat to the bird is the loss of their habitat, the human pressure on the wetlands, and the primary habitat of cranes.<\/li><li>The government agencies, along with the WWF-India for over one decade, have been working towards conserving high altitude wetlands with the black-necked crane as a priority species in the Ladakh region.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:-<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/en-IN\/india\/environment\/news\/2021-09-02-ladakh-state-animal-and-bird\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/weather.com\/en-IN\/india\/environment\/news\/2021-09-02-ladakh-state-animal-and-bird<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Recently which of the following state\/UT has declared the snow leopard and the black-necked crane as its state animal and state bird?a) Chandigarhb) Ladakhc) Daman and Diud) None of theseAnswer: (b)Related Facts:- On 31 August 2021; the Union Territory of Ladakh has declared the snow leopard and the black-necked crane as its state animal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":121648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1121],"tags":[2344],"class_list":["post-121647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nnews","tag-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121649,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121647\/revisions\/121649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}