IN a case of taking coals to Newcastle, nine rare pheasant will today begin their journey from Scotland to India, to take part in a breeding programme to secure the species in the mountain slopes of the Himalayas.
The tragopans will set off from the Highland Wildlife Park at Kingussie where they have been quarantined for a month after being gathered from collections around the UK.
Their move comes after the Indian Government set up the breeding programme to protect some of the country's most endangered species from slipping towards extinction.
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