Tibetan Antelope

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                   Tibetan Antelope

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The Tibetan antelope or chiru is a medium-sized bovid native to the Tibetan plateau. Fewer than 150,000 mature individuals are left in the wild, but the population is currently thought to be increasing. In the 1980s and 1990s, they had become endangered due to massive illegal poaching.

The scientific name of Tibetan Antelope is Pantholopes Hodgsonii.
Phylum is Chordata.
Order is even-toed ungulates.
Rank is Species.
Higher Classification is Pantholopes.
Class is Mammals.

They are found almost entirely in China, where they inhabit Tibet, a few are also found across the border in Ladakh, India. Today, the majority are found within the Chang Tang Nature Reserve of northern Tibet.

Why Tibetan Antelope species is getting endangered?

There are less than 1, 50,000 mature individuals are left in the wild, but the population is currently thought to be increasing. In 1980s and 1990s, they had become endangered due to massive illegal poaching. They are hunted for their extremely soft, light and warm under fur which is usually obtained after death.

Why do people hunt chiru or the Tibetan Antelope?

Chiru goat, which is also known as the Tibetan antelope, has long been hunted for its underfur (Shahtoosh), which is renowned for its quality and has traditionally been transported to Srinagar, where it is woven into an extremely fine fabric used to make shawls.
This is ridiculous that we humans are getting down to this level, that we are costing the animal lives for some of our desires. Like seriously, even the Shahtoosh shawl is now a banned item with possession and sale being illegal in most countries for the Chiru is an endangered species under Cities. However, the weaving of Shahtoosh shawls continues in secret in Kashmir due to high demand by western buyers.



-Harsh Kumar

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