Shagun Thakur

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Shagun Thakur

Shagun Thakur is currently working as a researcher in the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. She has an immense fervour for the mighty Himalaya and its wildlife and has studied large mammals such as the Indian Leopard, Asiatic Black Bear, Himalayan Brown Bear in the Bhagirathi basin of Uttarakhand and the Great Himalayan National Park, Himachal Pradesh. She wishes to continue her research for wildlife conservation and aims to understand prey-predator interactions as well as human-wildlife co-existence. She posts as @shagun_thakur91 on Instagram.

My Unexpected Encounter With A Himalayan Brown BearQuick Readanimals

My Unexpected Encounter With A Himalayan Brown Bear

A researcher recounts her experience of running into a fully-grown bear at the Great Himalayan National Park

Shagun Thakur· 19 March 2021