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GOLDEN JACKAL
- The conservation status of golden jackals is ‘least concerned’.
- The animal preys on wild crabs and fish
- The study shows that due to destruction of mangrove forest in Bandar Reserve Forest (BRF), golden jackals have been moving out its habitats. This has led to man-animal conflict.
- Golden jackals, which are abundantly found in South Asia, Southeast and Southwest Asia and Southwest Europe are unfortunate victims of hunting and wildlife trafficking, while often falling prey to man-animal conflict and highway accidents.
- They are protected under Schedule II of the Wildlife Protection Act,1972 with an estimated population of 80,000 in the Indian subcontinent
SOURCE:THEHINDU
