Cat Scan

Momentarily dispelling death-and-doom jungle news, wildlife biologist Kashmira Kakati has revealed a secret Shangri-la of wild cats in the ecologically fragile Eastern Himalayas.

Momentarily dispelling death-and-doom jungle news, wildlife biologist Kashmira Kakati has revealed a secret Shangri-la of wild cats in the ecologically fragile Eastern Himalayas. Kakati photo-documented seven species of wild cats in Assam’s Jeypore-Dehing rainforest during a two-year survey. It is the maximum number of wild species recorded in a single location, and it includes the rare clouded leopard and golden cat to tigers and leopards. Speaking about Kakati’s discovery, Ravi Chellam of the Wildlife Conservation Society India Programme says, “The entire Jeypore- Dehing forest  should be protected as a single conservation landscape, free of disturbance and connected by wildlife corridors.”

clouded leopardgolden catKashmira Kakati