State animal gets official neglect as three fishing cats poisoned in Howrah

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.