Gulab Singh Dogra introduced wild boar to Kashmir for hunting!

[shastarSingh]

Hunting wild boar was a very favourite activity during the rule of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. After his death and the fall of Sikh Empire, gulab singh Dogra became the ruler of Kashmir and introduced wild boars there for hunting purposes. Wild boar is not native to Kashmir.

https://india.mongabay.com/2023/05/the-return-of-wild-boars-in-kashmir-threatens-the-hangul-habitat-and-crops/

Wild boars are not native to Kashmir and were first introduced in the region during the time of Maharaja Gulab Singh (1846-1857), the erstwhile ruler of Jammu and Kashmir.

Intesar Suhail, a senior officer with the Jammu and Kashmir’s Wildlife Department, who has co-authored a 2017 study on wild boars, explained that wild boars were introduced by the Maharaja for hunting purposes. “The animal flourished for some time. Then in 1980, it vanished completely. It was not a native animal,” he said.

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https://www.sikhsangat.com/index.php?/topic/88068-diet-of-maharaja-ranjit-singh-and-sikhs-of-that-time/

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https://kashmirscanmagazine.com/2023/04/the-return-of-wild-boar/

To indulge his hunting instincts, the wild boars were introduced in Kashmir by Maharaja Gulab Singh, the Dogra ruler who bought Kashmir from the Britishers in 1846 for 75 lakh Nanakshahis under the Treaty of Amritsar. 

Intisaar Suhail, a wildlife warden in south Kashmir, said Dachigam became the first habitat of the wild boars where Maharaja use to go for hunting. “After independence, the population of wild boars started to decline. By the mid 1980’s, it had become a rare species,” Suhail, who has carried out a study on wild-boars, said, according to reports. 

With the end of the Dogra rule, the presence of pigs in a Muslim society triggered a cultural and religious uproar. According to the Islamic scripture, Muslims are advised to keep their distance from pigs. Dr Khursheed Ahmad, who heads the Centre for Mountain Wildlife Sciences at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology said that there were concerns “over the presence of the wild pig in the valley and due to mass agitations by the locals, steps were taken to eradicate the non-native species from the Kashmir forests.”

[shastarSingh]

@GurjantGnostic

do u agree that hunting wild boar was a big favourite activity in the rule of of Maharaja Ranjit Singh???

[GurjantGnostic]

1 hour ago, shastarSingh said:

@GurjantGnostic

do u agree that hunting wild boar was a big favourite activity in the rule of of Maharaja Ranjit Singh???

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