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Hope in sight for the ambassador of Chilika lake, the elusive fishing cat
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With shrinking wetlands, population of Nepal s elusive fishing cats is poised to decline
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April 25, 2021
A perennial freshwater lake, Haleji remains among the biggest bird sanctuaries in Asia and a birding heaven, despite being a picnic spot and home to several crocodiles
As we headed towards one of our favourite birding spots, we were quite certain that our return will be in the agonising, scorching heat, since the summer wave had engulfed Sindh already. However, we had already yielded to the love of birding as we headed out at 5 in the morning to make it just in time during the pleasant morning hours at Haleji Lake.
Haleji is a perennial freshwater lake, located in the Thatta district, 90 kilometres away from Karachi. It takes almost two hours to reach it when early morning road traffic is negligible. Once you are there, watching the mesmerising sunrise at the lake is highly recommended. It is also the best time for bird watching. Home to Siberian migratory birds, the lake is 6.58 square kilometres in are and has a depth of 16 feet, not to mention that it is home als
World Wildlife Day: First-ever survey on fishing cats of the Chilika starts
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For more than a decade, wildlife biologist Tiasa Adhya has spent many a day in the wetlands and mangroves of the Indian states of West Bengal and Odisha, looking for signs of a rarely seen wild cat – the fishing cat
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“Fishing cats are fascinating animals,” she says. “They have co-inhabited riverine deltas and floodplains alongside humans for centuries. Ancient cultures like the Khmer empire show evidence of fishing cats.” As co-founder of the world’s longest-running fishing cat research and conservation project, Kolkata-based Adhya is dedicated to this endangered felid, one of the least-studied and understood wildcats.