Archive · 1 Aug 2025
Fishing Cats Radio-Collared for Study in Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary
Scientists are putting special collars on fishing cats in a wildlife sanctuary to study them.
These cats are an endangered species, and this is the first time this has been done in India.
The collars help track where the cats go and what they do, which helps protect them.
The study focuses on the cats' habitat and how they move around, with the aim of estimating the population by 2025.
The reason for the study is to manage how the cats interact with local fishermen.
The authorities are working with locals to prevent the cats from eating fish from the ponds and to prevent conflict between cats and fishermen.
The project is also funded by private companies.
Three fishing cats were radio-collared in Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary, a first in India.
Experts are studying the endangered fishing cats' habitat, movement, and food habits.
The collars track the cats' movements to mitigate conflicts with local fishermen.
Authorities plan to radio-collar more cats to estimate the population by late 2025.
The project, started in 2021, aims to protect the fishing cats and inform villagers.
- Who
- Experts from the Wildlife Institute of India and AP forest department.
- What
- Fishing cats were radio-collared to track their movement.
- When
- The project started in 2021 and is expected to finish by the end of the year; population estimations by late 2025.
- Where
- Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary, India.
- Why
- To study fishing cats and mitigate human-wildlife conflict.
Fishermen
Fishing Cats
Conflict
Fishermen
Fishing cats eat fish from the ponds.
Fishing Cats
N/A
- Location
- Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary
- Species
- Fishing Cat
- Number Collared
- Three
- Project Start
- 2021
- Funding
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Population Estimate
- By the end of 2025
- Primary Goal
- Mitigate human-wildlife conflict