Cheap guns lead to shift in traditional hunting in Nagaland - Meghalaya Monitor

Cheap guns lead to shift in traditional hunting in Nagaland - Meghalaya Monitor

Shradha Triveni/Mongabay India Among Indigenous Naga tribes in India’s northeastern state of Nagaland, hunting traditions are transforming as cheap homemade guns make targeting commercially valuable large mammals easier, a recent study finds. “Indigenous hunting preferences are rooted in cultural traditions but have evolved under the influence of economic pressures and environmental changes,” Satem Longchar, conservation ecologist and the study…