{"id":270052,"date":"2025-09-04T00:05:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T18:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=270052"},"modified":"2025-09-04T00:05:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T18:35:54","slug":"mithun-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/04\/mithun-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Mithun Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 3rd Mithun Day was recently celebrated in Mizoram with the theme &#8216;Integrated Mithun Farming.&#8217; Mithun is an important part of the Northeast&#8217;s culture and economy; therefore, it is befitting that a day is dedicated to it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Arunachal Pradesh has the highest number of mithuns in India, with almost 4 lakh mithuns across the state. Therefore, Arunachal has a significant stake in their conservation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Arunachal Pradesh Animal Husbandry Minister Gabriel D. Wangsu has already emphasized the need for regional collaboration for mithun conservation and development, as the species faces several challenges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wangsu has stressed the importance of blending science with tradition and promoting cross-border cooperation among the Northeastern states to ensure the survival of mithuns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If mithuns are to survive, the governments of the region need to come together to formulate a comprehensive policy for their protection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scientific conservation methods need to be studied, for which farmers will have to play a crucial role. Government intervention is critical to the success of such conservation initiatives, as technical know-how must be provided along with other necessary support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 3rd Mithun Day was recently celebrated in Mizoram with the theme &#8216;Integrated Mithun Farming.&#8217; Mithun is an important part of the Northeast&#8217;s culture and economy; therefore, it is befitting that a day is dedicated to it. Arunachal Pradesh has the highest number of mithuns in India, with almost 4 lakh mithuns across the state. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-270052","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-editorial"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270052","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=270052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270052\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}