World's first fishing cat census at Chilika lake | The Hindu

The Chilika Lake, Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon, has 176 fishing cats, according to a census conducted by Chilika Development Authority (CDA) in collaboration with The Fishing Cat Project (TFCP).
This is the world’s first population estimation of the fishing cat, which has been conducted outside the protected area network.
The fishing cat is a highly elusive wild cat species, found primarily in wetland and mangrove habitats.
They are classified as Vulnerable under The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species and Endangered within their range countries.
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[@abhijitchatterjee7408]

A great job done and spreading of awareness among the people so that the empathy and love for the animals and wildlife (both forest and urban ) can be sprouted.

[@kshitiz_212_2]

I had not heard a cat like this before !!

[@Smartworld-6]

Love from Odisha 😊🙏🙂

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We love Odisha ❤️❤️

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Humans will get endangered....

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The Hindu= professionalism 👍👍👍

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Laura

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Everything would be least concern if humans don't eat them

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Very nice 👍👏Jay jagannath

[@prav047]

Great Information ..

[@AbhishekSINGH-br4yg]

State animal of West Bengal

[@abhijitchatterjee7408]

176 is a very very less no. for such small size predators in a such large area of Chilika Lake. Either there habitat is dwindling and or being poached to decrease human's competition for fish.

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#anything #humans finds out they #become #endangered #saveanimals #especially in #india #controlpopulation #oneornone #policy #required #controlhumanpopulation

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Is the fishing cat in the genus felis?

[@srisankalpamishra3006]

It is for sure in the family Felidae, but the genus might not be _Felis_ .

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Thanks 😊

[@anirudhbhatiya]

Conservation of this cats r important

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Pls make Video on editorial page

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BLESS THEM🙏💕🇮🇳🌹

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Incersing

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👆 I will talk on different topics...😈