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Leopard pugmarks detected in Balangir Wednesday, 12 August 2020

 Leopard pugmarks detected in Balangir

Wednesday, 12 August 2020 | PNS | BALANGIR

Much to the delight of wildlife lovers here, leopard pugmarks in two spots were detected in Balangir forest by a team of wildlife enthusiasts including Arindam Parischha, Subhranshu Mishra, Sushant Das and journalist Sudhir Mishra on Monday morning.

"This is the pugmark of a male leopard. It is barely 3 to 4 days old. From the hind pugmark, it is evident that it is well built and around 6 to 7 years' old," said Lecturer in Zoology Arindam Parischha, adding that there was need of conservation of the leopards in Balangir forests.

Besides this we also noticed the footprints of herbivores like deer and others. The presence of herbivore animals like barking deer and leopard shows the biodiversity of Balangir forest is good and it needs protection and conservation, says wildlife enthusiastic Subhranshu.

"Even as a gate was installed on the forest road to protect the wildlife abuse and pollution in the forest, the gate was damaged. While the forest and biodiversity is thriving, this type of interference is very bad and it should be stopped; otherwise we have to pay a heavy price in future," said Parischha.

Since May 2019, pugmarks of leopard have been noticed in different spots of Balangir forests, including of a leopard cub.

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