Kashmiri Red Stag to be declared as 'Critically Endangered'
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) would be declaring the Kashmiri Red Stag or Hangul as a 'critically endangered species'. Hangul has been hunted over centuries and its habitat destroyed, leading to its wild population shrinking to 150. The IUCN had earlier categorised it as of 'Least Concern' by clubbing it with European and other 'red deer' species.