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| **Aspect**                | **Details**                                                                                   |
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **Event**                | **First satellite-tagged Ganges softshell turtle** released into **Kaziranga National Park**. |
| **Location**             | **Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve**, **Assam**, India.                            |
| **Implementing Agencies**| **Wildlife Institute of India**, **Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change**, **Assam Forest Department**, **National Geographic Society**. |
| **Habitat**              | Rivers, large canals, lakes, ponds, oxbow lakes, temporary waterbodies with muddy bottoms and turbid water. |
| **Ecology**              | Omnivorous; feeds on fish, birds, reptiles, invertebrates, carrion, aquatic plants.         |
| **Conservation Status**  | **Wildlife Protection Act (WPA), 1972**: Schedule I. **IUCN Red List**: Endangered. **CITES**: Appendix I. |

Aspect	Details
Event	First satellite-tagged Ganges softshell turtle released into Kaziranga National Park.
Location	Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, Assam, India.
Implementing Agencies	Wildlife Institute of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Assam Forest Department, National Geographic Society.
Habitat	Rivers, large canals, lakes, ponds, oxbow lakes, temporary waterbodies with muddy bottoms and turbid water.
Ecology	Omnivorous; feeds on fish, birds, reptiles, invertebrates, carrion, aquatic plants.
Conservation Status	Wildlife Protection Act (WPA), 1972: Schedule I. IUCN Red List: Endangered. CITES: Appendix I.

India's First Satellite-Tagged Ganges Softshell Turtle Released in Kaziranga