Pygmy hogs — the world’s smallest and rarest wild pig — are under a virus lockdown. Not because of the coronavirus, but because of the first outbreak of African swine fever in India. There ...

Pygmy hogs in danger. The pygmy hog, which has the scientific name porcula salvania, is the sole member of the Porcula genus and is considered the world's smallest and rarest pig.

Then in 1971, four pygmy hogs were recovered from a market in Paneri in north Assam and that gave everyone cause for hope," Dr Narayan said. He said there could be fewer than 400 pygmy hogs in the ...

World's tiniest pig, once thought extinct, returning to the wild. The shy, 10-inch-tall pygmy hog, "rediscovered" in 1971, is steadily increasing in number due to captive breeding in its native India.

Aaranyak said, "Pygmy hogs are extremely shy and secretive in the wild, remain hidden in tall dense grass, and rarely emerge in the open, which has made monitoring them at the reintroduction site ...

18 rare pygmy hogs reintroduced in their historical home in Assam The world’s smallest and rarest wild pig, the pygmy hog, which was almost wiped out from the alluvial grasslands running across ...

Lucy the pygmy pig’s owner, Lori Anne Gannone, got the call Monday morning that Hizzoner declared Lucy would get to live out ...

T he Pygmy Hog Conservation Programme (PHCP) has announced the successful release of nine captive-bred pygmy hogs (Porcula salvania) into Manas National Park. This critically endangered species ...

A total of nine critically endangered pygmy hogs have been released into Manas National Park, enhancing conservation efforts and boosting the population of this rare species. This marks the fifth ...

Guwahati: Eighteen captive-bred pygmy hogs, the world’s smallest and rarest wild pigs, were released in Assam’s Manas National Park on Saturday, takin.

The Pygmy Hog Conservation Programme (PHCP) started its work in 1996 when two males and two females were captured from the Bansbari Range of Manas National Park.