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Project Team translocating the nests to indoor incubation | Photo: Shailendra Singh

From April through June 2018, four nests were
secured with a total of 144 eggs. From them, 70 eggs
were moved to an indoor incubation facility. Total 29

eggs out of 70 hatched successfully. Unfortunately,
during 2018-19, 19 hatchlings succumbed to
winter-induced infection. Until 31st March 2019, 10
hatchlings remained in Nagaland Zoological Park
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success and survival rate and currently, 61 hatchlings
are maintained with appropriate husbandry protocols.
In 2019, a dedicated nursery enclosure was set up at
Nagaland Zoological Park, and currently, the process
to establish a dedicated incubation facility to maximize
hatching success is ongoing.
Participants of Tortoise husbandry training | Photo: Parimal Ray_TSA
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