the “Kashmir stag” or hangul that is threatened by poaching and armed activity; the Indian swellshark often killed by shrimp trawlers; and the iridescent peacock tarantula that is prized in the ...

Before the 1990s, hundreds of such animals would roam the valley’s forests. The last viable population of Hangul (Cervus hanglu hanglu) in the Indian sub-continent now exists only in protected ...