Nepalmountainnews Report | 19 Jun 2008
Hitting its survival number in the park highest in 43 years, the black bucks in the Bardiya national park has reached a record high of 191.
The counting was conducted by Black Buck Conservation Centre (BACC). 
According to the BACC, three black bucks were spotted at Futaha in Bardiya district's Khairapur in 1965. As these were reared for conservation, the number soared to 177 in 1991. But the number dropped dramatically in 2001 to 39, thanks to poaching and dog attacks.
The number this year topped all counts due to the conservation efforts of the Integrated Conservation and Development Centre (ICDC). According to ICDC officials, the animals have not yet secured an organized habitat. Though the conservation area is spread over 708 bighas of land, black bucks are not free from poaching and the hunting of predators, they added.
High open land is the habitat of black bucks and tender growing plant is their food.
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