Chinkara

• In a first-of-its-kind judgment, a sessions court in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district has ordered the payment of half of the fine amount, imposed on a convict in a chinkara killing case, to the informer as a prize for helping in the detection of crime against wildlife.

ABOUT CHINAKARA

• Scientific Name – Gazella bennettii.
• Chinkara or Indian gazelle is the State animal of Rajasthan.
• It is mostly a solitary animal, but sometimes forms small groups of 2 – 4 individuals.
• Chinkara inhabits arid areas, including sand deserts, flat plains and hills, dry scrub and light forest.
• They can go for a long time without water and can get sufficient fluids from plants and dew.
• Globally the species is found in India, Iran, Pakistan and possibly Afghanistan.
  • However, most of the global population is found in the Thar Desert of western India.
• Protection status
  • IUCN Red List- Least Concern
  • CITES– Appendix III