Friday, April 19, 2013


Wildlife Rescue Operation

Operation carried out by the team of officials’ from Forest Directorate, engaged in the implementation of ICZM Project, West Bengal

Ecology will lose its balance if the variety and volume of wildlife is destroyed. We all know it. But, unfortunately human activities do play an important role in extinction of wildlife varieties from the face of earth. Poaching is the deadliest crime committed against wildlife by humankind. Thus, any conservation initiative should have measures to regulate and stop illegal hunting of wild animals.   

Forest Directorate, West Bengal has taken up anti-poaching measures in coastal areas of East Midnapore under ICZM Project West Bengal. 

One anti-poaching van is purchased by Directorate of Forest, West Bengal under ICZM Project West Bengal. Forest officers from different ranges are utilizing the van for carrying out wildlife rescue the operations in Purba Medinipur.

 

Name of rescued animal
Conservation status
by IUCN
Found/caught at -Forest Range
Rehabilitated/
released at
-      Forest Range
Rescued Zone - Forest Range
Olive Ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)
 
Endangered-National
 
 
Bhadua village, Marichda, Purba Medinipur
Shankarpur rehabilitation centre, Purba Medinipur
Bajkul and Contai
Gangetic dolphin (Platanista gangetica)
Bhagwanpur, Purba Medinipur
Rupnarayan river, Kolaghat
Bajkul
Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii)
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Tamlik, Purba Medinipur
Lodhashuli jungle, Paschim Medinipur
Tamluk
Lesser adjacent stork (Leptoptilos javanicus)
 
Hatiberia, Haldia, Purba Medinipur
Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur
Haldia
Monkey
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Panshkura, Purba Medinipur
Lodhashuli jungle, Paschim Medinipur
Panshkura
Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)

Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Khejuri, Purba Medinipur
Kadirabadchar mangrove, Purba Medinipur
 
Bajkul
Brydes Whale (Balaenoptera brydei)
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Digha Mohana
Skeleton will be preserved by Zoological
Survey of India
Tamluk

 




 

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