Special Cover on Wildlife Week 2014 Celebrations and Silver Jubilee of Gangotri National Park at Dehradun: 1st October 2014. In the year 1952 with a view to preserve the fauna of India, particularly to take urgent steps to prevent extinction of any species, the Government of India established an Indian Board of Wild Life (IBWL). In order to arouse a general awakening in the common man in favour of protection of wildlife, the Indian Board of Wild Life (IBWL) decided to observe the Wildlife Week and since then Wildlife Week is celebrated all over the country in the month of October from 2nd to 8th October every year (Or in first week of October). As being a mega-storehouse country, India has stored a variety of fauna species. The Government of India organizes a variety of activities during this great period through the environmentalists, activists, educators who encourage and accelerate the people mind to become aware of the wildlife conservation. As a part of Wildlife Week, 2014 celebrations, on 01st October 2014 a function was organized by the forest department at the auditorium of Indian Council for Forestry and Education (ICFRE). Shri Harish Rawat, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand was the Chief Guest of the function. Two Special Covers were released during the function. One on the Wildlife Week and second on the Silver Jubilee of Gangotri National Park. The special cover on Wildlife Week depicts the state animal “Musk Deer” and state bird “Himalayan Monal”. The cancellation portrays tiger pug marks. Musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster) live mainly in forested and alpine scrub habitats in the mountains of southern Asia, notably the Himalayas. The Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus) also known as the impeyan monal, impeyan pheasant, and danphe, is a bird in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. Silver Jubilee of Gangotri National Park: Established in 1989, the Gangotri National Park is located in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. It is spread in a massive 2390 sq. kms area and provides some of the most magnificent views of the coniferous forests that surround it. It falls under the bio-geographical zone and is located at an altitude of 1,800m to 7,083 meters above sea level. The forest of the park is mostly temperate and the vegetation consists of chirpine, deodar, fir, spruce, oak and rhodendron. The park consists of some high ridges, deep gorges and some beautiful cliffs as well. The landscape of the park is mainly dominated by alpine scrub, although one can also find oak and betula as well. The park contains more than 15 species of mammals and 150 species of birds. This also includes some of the rare and beautiful species like the Snow Leopard, Black Bear, Brown Bear, Musk Deer, Blue Sheep, or Bharal, Himalayan Tahr, Himalayan Monal, Koklass and the Himalayan Snowcock. On the 25th anniversary of Gangotri National Park (GNP) a Special Cover was issued on 1st October 2014. The cancellation on cover depicts Himalayan Tahr. The Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) or common tahr is a large ungulate related to the wild goat and the only extant member of the genus Hemitragus. The Himalayan tahr is native to the Himalayas in southern Tibet, northern India, and Nepal. The Himalayan tahr has been introduced as an alien species to New Zealand, parts of South America, South Africa, and to the southwestern United States. Efforts in each of these regions are being made to control the Himalayan tahr population and to reduce its impact on the native ecosystem.
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