Wild ass census after 4 years on May 21, 22

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Gujarat has been the home to the Indian wild ass, or Ghudkhur, usually seen in the Little Rann of Kutch and areas of other districts including Surendranagar, Rajkot, Patan, and Banaskantha. 

Around 1500 volunteers and local people will accompany the forest officials during the census.

The department officials said that a total of 370 teams of the forest department will be deployed for the census, including five members in each team.

The wildlife officials will use drone cameras to help with the count, and enumerators will enter data using a mobile phone application.

The last count of Ghudkhars in the state was carried out in 2020, in which the highest number of 2,034 wild ass were found in Surendranagar, followed by 1,172 in Morbi and 1,244 in Kutch. A total of 6,082 wild asses were found in six districts of the state.

Wildass census of last five years

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