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Freshwater Black Softshell Turtle
June 25 , 2021
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- Hayagriva Madhava Temple Committee (Assam) signed a MoU with two NGOs, Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden and the Kamrup district administration.
- This is for conserving the rare freshwater black softshell turtle.
- Also, a Vision Document 2030 was launched to raise at least 1000 black softshell turtle (Nilssonia nigricans) by 2030.
- These turtles are found along the Brahmaputra River’s drainage in Assam, and in ponds of temples in north-eastern India and Bangladesh.
- The International Union for Conservation of Nature had in 2021 listed the turtle as ‘critically endangered’.
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