Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation

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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

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