Apart from the state government, many other organizations are also coming forward to save the pygmy hog species of pig. Its numbers in India have been declining steadily since the 1960s, but conservationists have vowed to save it.
The exercise to save the world's smallest species of pigs has started once again. The species of small pigs are slowly becoming extinct. The country's animal conservationists are constantly trying to save it, in this episode, a conservation program to increase the population of the extinct pygmy hog has been released in the forest of Northeast India.
These pigs have been released into the wild in the Manas National Park in Assam. A large number of tourists reached there to see it. The scientific name of the pygmy hog is Porcula Sylvania. It lives in long, wet meadows. It was once found in the plains of the Himalayan region in India, Nepal, and Bhutan.
In fact, in the 1960s, its population declined drastically. It became completely extinct in 1971 in the northeastern state of Assam in India. Until 1993, it was found only in parts of Manas National Park in Assam, which borders Bhutan. According to conservationists,