Kashmir-Wildlife
Date: 18-Nov-09
Country: INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR
Author: Fayaz Kabli
Photo: Fayaz Kabli
A leopard rests inside its enclosure in Dachigam national park on the outskirts of Srinagar November 12, 2009.
The wildlife population of Indian Kashmir has registered a "manifold" increase as a two-decade-old separatist rebellion has scared away poachers and hunters from the region, a wildlife official said on Tuesday.