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Last year on my travels in Kashmir I considered going down to Dachigam to see the Kashmiri stag with its majestic antlers when my naturalist friend warned me it may be a futile trip as their numbers had dwindled to a mere 150 and sightings were rare.   Two years back, Hanguls were put under the satellite telemetry to study their behaviour, something that the legendary wildlife guard Qasim Wani’s did for decades with his eyes and ears only. Those days their numbers were in thousands and the first warning signs were indicated by him in the 80s when the...