author(s)
Manisha Singh and Neelam Khare

abstract
The only wild population of Rucervus eldii eldii or the Sangai deer in found in the North Eastern premise of Indi’s unique floating national park, the Keibul Lamjao National Park (KNLP), Manipur. The national park is located at the southern end of Loktak Lake, the largest fresh water lake in Eastern India and one of the seven Ramsar sites of international importance. Once reported to be extinct in 1951, the species was rediscovered in a small pocket during a survey conducted by IUCN in 1953. Since then the Government has been working hard to defend and stabilize the existence of species and yielded satisfying results, with population of Sangai escalated from 14 in 1975 to 260 in 2016. But the road to recovery is difficult due to number of menacing threats looming over the species. The construction of Ithai barrage being the main cause to affect the hydrological regime of KLNP. Other threats can be recapitulated as biomass demand and competition with human, depleting habitat condition, poaching and a few more, the newest amidst the peril being the wild boars. Conservation measures are being carried out both in In-situ by habitat manipulation, rescue centre setups, anti- poaching camps and engrossing local community in conservation efforts whilst in ex-situ a captive breeding centre has been constructed in the Langol Reserve forest hosting 15 deer in number at present. Only the authorities of Manipur Zoological Garden are responsible for the care and perpetration of measures to forfend the deer. The above data was collected by field analysis and questionnaire. And hence it can be concluded that the conservational activities have stepped up and the government is also taking substantial measures to bring the species to sturdiness.