World’s First Fishing Cat Population Estimation Finds 176 Cats in Chilika Lake
The Fishing Cat is a medium-sized wild Cat. Since 2016, it is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
The Fishing Cat is a medium-sized wild Cat. Since 2016, it is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
Jui Chakraborty, a wildlife activist said despite repeated appraisals to the district forest authorities for initiating action against the accused, “nothing happened”. 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. Most of the cases pertained to retaliatory killings.
