Nilgai or BlueBull in the Plantation at Lal Suhanra National Park, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

The Lal Suhanra plantation is a typical example of the forest that would be found here in the past. Inside the plantation you may find Nilgai or BlueBull, Chinkara Gazelle, Hog Deer and an assortment of birds which are typical to these habitats. If you look carefully in the centre of the photo you may see a Bluebull male whch are found in the forest

Nilgai or BlueBull Lal Suhanra National Park, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Lal Suhanra National Park was set up to re-introduce the extinct BlackBuck antelope back into Pakistan. The Blackbuck once occured throughout the deserts and scrub forests of Punjab and Sindh but had been ruthlessly hunted. The male is a chocolatey brown above with a white under body and long spiralling horns. Lal Suhanra includes bits of the Cholistan desert, a irrigated plantation and a large man-made reservoir. Its a managed biosphere.Other wildlife to be found here include Hog Deer, Chinkara gazelle, Nilai or BlueBull, Wolves, Caracal lynx, Ratel or Honey badger, Wolves, Sandgrouse, partridges and other desert wildlife. There is even a pair of Rhino's which were gifted from Nepal in the captive breeding suite. Rhino's were once found as far west as the Peshawar Valley in the Mughal Emperor Babur's day but now are extinct in Pakistan and western India.