Bhopal: The state administration of Madhya Pradesh said on Wednesday that a fishing cat, one of India’s endangered species, had been found in the Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR).
According to a government press release, the fishing cat was captured on a camera located in the tiger reserve. This species was also seen earlier around the Ken river, which covers a 55-kilometer stretch of the PTR, but the endangered animal was captured on camera for the first time recently.
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The cat species, which mostly eats fish, is becoming extinct. The hunting of fishing cats is illegal under Schedule-1 of the Indian Wildlife Protection Act 1972. Biologists interested in fishing cat research and study are welcome to visit and study here, the statement added.
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