Garchumuk Zoological Garden in Kolkata’s Howrah has actually begun a crucial program to secure and maintain the fishing cat, a susceptible types. This cat is West Bengal’s State animal and is called Baghrol in Bangla.
This was revealed by Jyotipriya Mallick, the State Forest Minister.
Apart from GZG this job will be performed in other locations like Bankura and Jhargram in the State’s southern location along with some areas in the north and if it succeeds, the animal will be launched in their natural environment by 2024. According to an authorities of the West Bengal Zoo Authority, an overall of 6 to 8 sets of fishing cats will be launched in their wild.
To avoid the total collapse of a types population in the wild, preservation breeding programs are run. The factor for the disappearance of the types might be industrialisation, poaching, environment modification, poaching, loss of environment and environment fragmentation. Through the program the hereditary variety of the types is saved and they are gradually reestablished to re-establish a self-reliant population in the natural wild environment.
To guarantee the success of the program, a research study is underway to find appropriate locations where the animals born in captivity might be launched. The research study will learn whether the residents of the location where the cats will be launched and around it, get along to permit these animals to endure and flourish.
The goal of the research study is to guarantee that there is minimum human disturbance.
To begin with Jharkhali in the Sundarbans in South 24 Parganas district has actually been chosen for launching the fishing cats reproduced in captivity. This was based upon the research study of the location. Likewise, research studies have actually been carried out in Hooghly, Howrah, Paschim Bardhaman and Purba likewise.
Some of the captive-bred animals will be moved to the Bengal Safari Zoo in Siliguri.
The fishing cat is a medium-sized wildcat which belonging to the Indian subcontinent and parts of south-east Asia and it endures in wet and watery conditions.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature has actually categorised fishing cats as susceptible – that is they deal with a high threat of termination due to quick decrease in their population.
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