ARPF field report : ANNUAL WILDLIFE CENSUS
ARPF has been a part of the annual wildlife census assisted by the Telangana Forest Officials and the Forest Guards at the Mrugavani National Park, Chilkur on April 26, 2015. The census today was conducted for the carnivorous species by trial method. Where we walked along the forest trial looking for signs of carnivorous animals like pug marks, raking on trees and also physical sightings of animals like leopards and jackal.
The volunteers assembled at the spot by 6 am and were divided into two teams with a 5 km trial to walk. Both the teams finished their trial in 2 hours.
There was no prominent presence of carnivores in the Mrugavani National Park but trials of jackal and jungle cat were found.
The volunteers learnt how to identify the animals based on their pellets, pug marks and raking on trees and that silence is a very important to observe wildlife.
The forest guards shared little valuable information with the volunteers like how they provide nutritious food to the deer. First food like corn and other vegetables are grown in an empty land with fencing to protect damage from other animals. Once the crops are fully grown the fencing is removed so the deer can feed onto the plants.
ARPF has been a part of the annual wildlife census assisted by the Telangana Forest Officials and the Forest Guards at the Mrugavani National Park, Chilkur on April 26, 2015. The census today was conducted for the carnivorous species by trial method. Where we walked along the forest trial looking for signs of carnivorous animals like pug marks, raking on trees and also physical sightings of animals like leopards and jackal.
The volunteers assembled at the spot by 6 am and were divided into two teams with a 5 km trial to walk. Both the teams finished their trial in 2 hours.
There was no prominent presence of carnivores in the Mrugavani National Park but trials of jackal and jungle cat were found.
The volunteers learnt how to identify the animals based on their pellets, pug marks and raking on trees and that silence is a very important to observe wildlife.
The forest guards shared little valuable information with the volunteers like how they provide nutritious food to the deer. First food like corn and other vegetables are grown in an empty land with fencing to protect damage from other animals. Once the crops are fully grown the fencing is removed so the deer can feed onto the plants.
