2024 Wild Ass Population Estimation
October 14 , 2024
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- The number of Indian wild asses in Gujarat has increased over 26 per cent in the past five years.
- The total population of the wild ass is estimated to be at 7,672, compared to 6,082 counted in 2020.
- Earlier they found in northwest India and Pakistan to arid regions of Central Asia.
- But, now primarily found in the deserts of Little Rann of Kutch and Great Rann of Kutch.
- In 1976, their number was only 720, which rose to 2,072 in 1990 and 4,451 in 2014.
- They were classified as Near threatened animals by IUCN.
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