{"id":164559,"date":"2021-06-27T00:59:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T19:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=164559"},"modified":"2021-06-27T01:41:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T20:11:47","slug":"red-panda-rescued-released-into-natural-habitat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2021\/06\/27\/red-panda-rescued-released-into-natural-habitat\/","title":{"rendered":"Red panda rescued, released into natural habitat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video alignwide\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/WhatsApp-Video-2021-06-26-at-16.30.43-1.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption><em>A red panda which was rescued recently from downstream of the Yargyap-Chu river in Shi-Yomi\u2019s Mechuka subdivision was released back into its natural habitat by forest officials and the administration on Saturday morning<\/em><strong>.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><!-- \/wp:post-content --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MECHUKA, 26 Jun:<\/strong> A red panda (Ailurus fulgens) was recently rescued from downstream of the Yargyap-Chu river here in Shi-Yomi district by Tony Mosing and Takar Kotin Mosu of Mechuka town.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The weak red panda was reportedly found clinging onto a log in the river. The duo rescued the red panda and handed it over to the forest department here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">RFO Tanga Murtem decided to release the animal into its natural habitat. A team including the RFO, Mechuka CO Honjon Perme, DFR Marbom Sora, and others transported the red panda to a spot 15 kms from the last outpost and released the animal into its natural habitat on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a token of appreciation, the environment &amp; forests department handed over cash awards to the duo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">who rescued the red panda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Legislative Assembly Speaker Pasang D Sona, who represents Shi-Yomi district as MLA, lauded the forest department and the administration for the commendable job.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I personally congratulate and commend the young RFO and his team and CO Mechuka for their commendable initiative to release the endangered species back into its natural habitat,&#8221; Sona stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also commended the rescuers and exuded hope that their noble act would inspire others to do the same. (DIPRO &amp; Speaker&#8217;s PR Cell)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MECHUKA, 26 Jun: A red panda (Ailurus fulgens) was recently rescued from downstream of the Yargyap-Chu river here in Shi-Yomi district by Tony Mosing and Takar Kotin Mosu of Mechuka town. The weak red panda was reportedly found clinging onto a log in the river. The duo rescued the red panda and handed it over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-164559","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}