In an effort to cut back human-animal battle in Gujarat and enhance the prey-base of untamed animals in its forests, the state forest division is planning to arrange three breeding facilities for wild birds and rabbits in Sabarkantha, Dahod and Sabarkantha. Bhavnagar district.
The initiative is a part of a Project for Ecosystem Restoration in Gujarat (PERG) to be funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which accepted a straightforward mortgage of Rs 905 crore to the Forest Department for a challenge of 9 years length. Is. The PERG is anticipated to start this 12 months, which incorporates restoration of assorted ecologically delicate areas of the state similar to coastal areas, grasslands, wetlands and degraded forests.
A high forest official stated, “The concept behind setting up breeding centers is to ensure that wild animals get enough prey-base within the forests so that they do not come out and come into conflict with humans…in By breeding animals – such as ungulates, wild fowl and Indian rabbits – and releasing them into the wild, we will try to increase the prey-base.”
According to the official, the proposed breeding heart in Sabarkantha will breed animals of the ungulate household.
Indian rabbits will probably be reared at Deogarh Baria in Dahod district. And the proposed heart in Bhavnagar district will witness the breeding of purple jungle birds.
The challenge is deliberate to deal with the lion and sloth bear landscapes within the state, which may even embody leopard habitats in these landscapes. According to forest division officers, Gujarat sees main human-animal conflicts as a result of leopards, Asiatic lions, sloth bears, crocodiles, blue bulls and wild boars. They say that wild animals, particularly lions and leopards, assault and kill numerous home animals and even people. And the breeding heart is an try to enhance the habitat of those wild animals by rising the prey-base within the forests.
Forest officers additionally stated that they’ve realized the necessity for breeding facilities of untamed, inexperienced and purple jungle fowl as there are uncommon looking grounds within the forests of Gujarat aside from the lion panorama.
According to the official information of the forest division, within the final 5 years between 2016-17 and 2020-21, a complete of 116 instances of human loss of life, 679 instances of human accidents and 21,273 instances of harm or loss of life have been reported in numerous wildlife circles of Gujarat. . Number of cattle in incidents of human-animal battle. In all these instances, the state authorities has paid ex-gratia quantity in crores to the victims and their households.
The forest division is planning to spend round Rs 32 lakh to arrange three breeding centres.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
