Imphal, March 7 -- Manipur Forest Department launched one day wild bird awareness campaign aiming to protect and conserve the endangered hornbill bird species at Tamei Market Center in Tamenglong district on Friday.

The campaign aimed to protect and conserve hornbills an endangered species locally known as Langmeidong found in Manipur's Tamenglong district sharing borders with Assam and Nagaland on the northwest.

Speaking at the event, former Manipur water resources Minister Awangbow Newmai stated that, the authorities had warned the hunters not to hunt Langmeidong birds during pre-monsoon, the breeding period of this rare species. Despite warning, the ruthless hunters in the districts of Tamenglong and Noney hunted many matured hornbil...