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Wild Cat News - Vol 41 February 2011
In this issue
Featured Feline
Photo Gallery
Fishing Cat Census
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Dear john,
This month`s Featured Feline is another of the subspecies of the wide-ranging Wildcat
Felis silvestris. Scientific classification of the Wildcat is always changing, but
the African range cats are always accepted as a subspecies, not a full species on
their own.
The African Wildcat Felis silvestris lybica is acknowledged as the ancestor of the
domestic cat line, and looks very similar to a long-legged tabby cat. Read more
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Photo Gallery
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These orphaned cheetah cubs were confiscated by customs authorities in Ethiopia.
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WWF To Census Vanishing Fishing Cats
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At least one of the four cat species found in and around Calcutta is vanishing along
with the wetlands the animals thrive on.
Wildlife specialists have no clue about the population of the fast-disappearing
fishing cats, which have been spotted in the marshy areas on the city outskirts,
as well as the Sunderban swamps.
The World Wildlife Fund is funding a project to determine the population of fishing
cats, popularly known as baghrol or maachbagha, in Howrah and Hooghly areas.
Unlike in the protected areas of the Sunderbans, the cats living in close proximity
of humans in the two neighbouring districts of Calcutta are dying every day.
fishing cat Pessac Zoo"Fishing cats live in wetland areas as they feed mostly on
fish. Destruction of their natural habitat is the primary reason for their dwindling
count in Howrah and Hooghly," said Tiasha Adhya, the principal investigator of the
project.
Wetlands are shrinking in the two districts because of rapid industrialisation and
encroaching human settlements. Pollution, wood-cutting and fishing are also responsible
for the decline in their number.
The cats are also rampantly killed because depleting wetlands are forcing them to
prey on livestock as well as fish cultivated in ponds.
"Five fishing cats were killed in Howrah in three months," said Adhya. "There were
also reports of people killing the cats for their meat."
The nocturnal animals don't get soaked to the skin even when they enter water as
they have a double layer of fur. As they lack full claw sheaths, their claws are
partially visible even when retracted.
Listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, fishing
cats are "possibly extinct" in Pakistan and their presence in China and Malaysia
is uncertain.
Even in India - where the cat is included in Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection)
Act, 1972 and hence, protected from hunting - it is reported as "probably gone"
from Bharatpur in Rajasthan and the southern Western Ghats. Offenders under the
Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act can be imprisoned for up to three years and/or
fined up to Rs 25,000.
The World Wildlife Fund project will also suggest a conservation strategy that will
be implemented in association with the local community. The conservation plan will
probably include setting up of a fund for procurement of livestock preyed on by
fishing cats.
"Conservation is impossible unless the local community is involved in the process,"
said Adhya.
Source: http://www.telegraphindia.com
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