The Gujarat forest service has reintroduced Indian grey hornbills (IGHs) to Gir forest, over ninety years after they vanished from western India's largest contiguous forest tract.
According to Mohan Ram, Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) of Sasan wildlife division and superintendent of Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (GNPWL), the forest department has released 20 IGHs in Gir forest in three batches in recent months after trapping and capturing them from the northern parts of the state where they are resident birds.
