Fishing Cats
Why In News :-
The Odisha forest department has started a two-year conservation project for fishing cats in Bhitarkanika National Park.
The fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) is a medium-sized wild cat of South and Southeast Asia.
It lives foremost in the vicinity of wetlands, along rivers, streams, oxbow lakes, in swamps, and mangroves.
It is nocturnal and twice the size of a house cat and apart from fish also preys on frogs, crustaceans, snakes, birds, and scavenges on carcasses of larger animals.
Protection Status:
- IUCN STATUS :- Vulnerable
- CITES :- APPENDIX II
- Indian wild life protection Protection Act, 1972- Schedule 1
West Bengal launched the Fishing Cat Project in 2010 and declared the Fishing Cat as the State Animal in 2012.
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