{"id":8145,"date":"2026-02-09T02:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/?p=8145"},"modified":"2026-02-09T02:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:15:08","slug":"hidden-himalayas-team-photograph-rare-animals-birds-in-darma-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/hidden-himalayas-team-photograph-rare-animals-birds-in-darma-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hidden Himalayas\u2019 team photograph rare animals, birds in Darma valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Hidden Himalayas\u2019 team photograph rare animals, birds in Darma valley<\/p>\n<p>B.D.Kasniyal<\/p>\n<p>Pithoragarh, Feb 9<\/p>\n<p>A team of local youths of Darma valley in high Himalayan region of Pithoragarh district, became successful in filming photos of snow leopard and snow cock, the rare Himalayan species on the verge of extinction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We could film snow leopard and snow cock on January 26 this year after reaching at the height of 3000 meters in Himalayan region of Darma Himalayas, both are rare species and at the verge of extinction, specially in this part of Himalayas,&#8221; said Jayendra Phirmal, leader of team \u2018Hidden Himalayas\u2019, the organisation, Darma youths have formed to save rare species of Himalayan region from last seven \u00a0years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have for the first time filmed the snow leopard in Darma valley on February 2, 2022,&#8221; said the team leader.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8147\" style=\"width: 1051px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8147 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/snow-leopard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1051\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/snow-leopard.jpg 1051w, https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/snow-leopard-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/snow-leopard-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/snow-leopard-768x389.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1051px) 100vw, 1051px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snow leopard in Darma valley of Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Besides snow leopard, a set of several rare Himalayan fauna species are also become visible in this part of Himalayas but these species are gradually disappearing due to lack of protection schemes for these rare Himalayan species,&#8221; said Jayendra Phirmal.<\/p>\n<p>The team also filmed snow cock and witnessed Himalayan black bear, Himalayan Thar and blue sheep and other rare species in the region of Darma valley.&#8221; If not protected under a serious preservation project, the rare species at high Himalayan region are at the verge of extinction due to rapidly changing weather in the world that is seen visible in this part of Himalayan region,&#8221; said Phirmal.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0team of \u2018Hidden Himalayas\u2019, is spreading awareness among the villagers of high Himalayan region by making them aware that rare Himalayan species need to be protected and not to be hunted as their existence in Himalayan region would help to create a new avenue of wildlife tourism resulting in more livelihood opportunities for local youths of border region.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Hidden Himalayas\u2019 team photograph rare animals, birds in Darma valley B.D.Kasniyal Pithoragarh, Feb 9 A team of local youths of Darma valley in high Himalayan region of Pithoragarh district, became successful in filming photos of snow leopard and snow cock, the rare Himalayan species on the verge of extinction. &#8220;We could film snow leopard and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,92,3201,33,1284,3200,91,39,59],"tags":[3798,315,3795,3796,160,3797,1080],"class_list":["post-8145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-featured","category-himachal-pradesh","category-international","category-international-political-national","category-jammu-kashmir","category-national","category-tourism","category-uttarakhand","tag-blue-sheep","tag-darma-valley","tag-hidden-himalayas","tag-jayendra-phirmal","tag-pithoragarh","tag-snow-cock","tag-snow-leopard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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