Apr 29, 2020 · His project of protecting the endangered musk deer is located at the Lingzhi Park Range, a three-day walk from Thimphu. Despite being a protected species under the Forest And Nature Conservation Act of Bhutan, the alpine musk deer are targeted by poachers for its musk pod, with an estimated 100 deer killed in the country each year.

Nov 8, 2019 · The WCNP has now arrested 7 men, all from Wangdiphodrang in a span of about 1 month in connection with musk deer poaching. Meanwhile, the park officials are currently on intensive high-mountain anti-musk deer patrolling due to rising cases of poaching in the park area.

Nov 8, 2014 · The Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary forestry officials in Trashi Yangtse dismantled over 300 snares this year, in an effort to save musk deer from poachers. Musk deer are the most poached animals in places like Pemaling, under Bumdeling Gewog. The musk deer are poached for their high value musk. Poacher set up snares, to trap musk deer near their ...

Jan 21, 2012 · The traps also recorded some of the snow leopard’s prey such as red fox, Tibetan wolf, Himalayan serow, marmot and musk deer. Previous Post Fibre Optic connection, may not meet deadline

Oct 31, 2019 · Insufficient pasture, rearing horses being more profitable and younger generations showing not much interest have all attributed to the declining yak rearing, a long associated culture with the highlands in Soe and Lingzhi gewogs of Thimphu.

Jul 26, 2017 · The five-day "Jungwazhi-Bum-Ther" recitation is under way at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck Memorial Chorten in Thimphu. His Eminence Namkhai Nyingpo Rinpoche along with other eminent religious personalities from Bumthang Lhodrakharchu Dratshang and Thrichhu Goenpa in Trashi Yangtse are presiding over the recitation.

May 31, 2019 · A fire partially damaged a two-storied traditional house at Pekchurung in Monggar this morning. Police, DeSuups and gewog officials contained the fire.

Nov 12, 2018 · One in every three patients gets some form of surgical site infection (SSI) in Bhutan, found a study carried out by a surgical resident of the Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences (KGUMS).

Nov 8, 2019 · The Lhop community in Ngawang Dramtoe in Samtse sees education as a way forward to improve their livelihood. As such, the Tarayana Foundation in 2016 constructed an ECCD centre in the village. Three years on and the centre is still without a facilitator. This keeps parents off work while babysitting.

Apr 4, 2012 · Mobile shops have been a common scene in most of the rural areas. Shopkeepers and businessmen move around to market out their old stocks. Our reporter in Gelephu, Pema Samdrup, says every month, a marketing pick-up truck make rounds to various villages of Zhemgang, Trongsa and sometimes even to Bumthang.