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Less than 10,000 mature Indian striped hyenas remain: Wildlife SOS
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Mumbai: Coinciding with the International Hyena Day (April 27), Wildlife SOS highlighted the urgent need to protect the Indian striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena), a species that continues to face mounting threats despite its critical ecological role.The striped hyena is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, with an estimated global population of fewer than 10,000 mature individuals. In India, though it is protected under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, under Schedule I, significant gap
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