Fishing cats: Is Bengal doing enough to protect its state animal?
2 years, 10 months ago

Fishing cats: Is Bengal doing enough to protect its state animal?

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: On January 20, conservationist Chitrak Pramanik was told that at least three fishing cats have been found dead at Bagnan in West Bengal’s Howrah district. According to a study conducted by The Fishing Cat Project as part of a WWF grant, at least 27 cases were reported from Howrah and Hooghly alone wherein fishing cats were found dead. The disappearance of the habitat of the fishing cat is the main reason behind the decline in population..some animals such as leopard, elephant, wolf, fishing cat live in areas which overlap with human habitat and increases their vulnerability,” said Debal Deb, chief wildlife warden, West Bengal. The report of a West Bengal Biodiversity Board study on fishing cats last year identified the threats to the animal even as it has faced criticism.

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West Bengal: 385 fishing cats found in the Sunderbans in first such estimation
2 years ago

West Bengal: 385 fishing cats found in the Sunderbans in first such estimation

Hindustan Times  

The first estimation exercise of fishing cats done in West Bengal has found that at least 385 of these animals are reportedly living alongside tigers in the Sunderbans, the world’s largest mangrove delta. While this is the first such estimation of the cat in the state, it is the second estimation of fishing cats in India after Chilika in Odisha,” …

Endangered Fishing Cats Spotted in MP's Panna Tiger Reserve, Pics Go Viral
3 years, 3 months ago

Endangered Fishing Cats Spotted in MP's Panna Tiger Reserve, Pics Go Viral

News 18  

Nature with its abundance of resources and habitat sometimes fall short of making its entire animal kingdom survive without struggling. A camera trap has recorded a picture of a fishing cat in the Panna Tiger Reserve of Madhya Pradesh. Fishing cats usually inhabit the Sundarbans region of West Bengal, the Western Ghats and the foothills of the Himalayas along the …

The fight to save India's most elusive cat
3 years, 8 months ago

The fight to save India's most elusive cat

BBC  

The fight to save India's most elusive cat Alamy The fishing cat stalks its prey in swamps, wetlands and mangrove forests The fishing cat is one of India's most enigmatic predators, hunting the waterways of its remaining wetlands and swamps. "They prefer shallow wetlands and are nest-making cats," says Tiasa Adhya, a Kolkata-based conservationist and co-founder of The Fishing Cat …

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