Keywords: livestock grazing, grey goral, socio-economic survey, livelihood, conservation.
The present study assessed the socio economic structure and livestock grazing pattern in and around Grey goral habitat at two locations i.e.
ABBOTTABAD -- Fifth Grey Goral a rare species Thursday died within one week owing to an unknown virus at Beer Game Reserve Wildlife Park.
Sub Divisional Forest Officer (SDFO) Wildlife Sardar Nawaz told reporter that we have performed the autopsy of dead grey goral and samples were sent to laboratory for analysis.
He said MHNP is home to diverse species of flora and fauna which is now facing the extinction of gray
goral species which were ruthlessly hunted.
In total, we sampled 28 habitat plots of giant pandas, 29 habitat plots of golden takins, 29 habitat plots of gorals and 80 control plots, respectively, during our research period.
Along the x-axis, the microhabitats of the gorals are far from the giant pandas and the takins.
The villagers said unidentified hunters injured gorals by firing gunshots but failed to take them along as the two animals disappeared in jungle.
They said the reports of the killing of seven grey gorals in Beer village went viral in Feb but the wildlife department insisted that only two gorals had died of a viral disease.
Each winter, local farmers take their goats and cattle to the mountain for grazing, which means further competition for these wild animals, he said, adding that this forces
gorals to the peaks of mountains, where they can avoid humans.
Talking to this scribe on Friday, the area people claimed that at least seven grey
gorals had been found dead in the Beer area during last one week.
1993: Notes on the ecology of
gorals in two areas of Southern Asia.
Group composition and daily activities of grey
goral (Nemorhaedus
goral) in the Margalla Hills National Park.
The third and youngest son of ten children, he is survived by Helen, his wife of 64 years, his sister, Helen Kent of Converse, TX, and five children, Bruce
Goral of Walpole, MA, Jeanne Bishop of Barrington, RI, Antoni
Goral of Potomac, MD, Gayle Attfield of South Portland, ME, and Glenn
Goral of Shrewsbury, MA.
WARNING: Leann
Goral and her son Lewis with his radio-controlled vehicle and the craft knife blade which was in the box; Top left is a close-up of the blade (PW120109Cblade-01)
