Bengaluru: The Forest Department has issued a circular to all divisions, tiger reserves, wildlife sanctuaries, and other areas, instructing them to prepare for the all-India tiger census field exercise.
The census line transect and sign survey will be held from January 23 to February 7 in all tiger reserves and habitat areas, and from February 10 to 28 in other forest patches in Karnataka, stated the circular.
Volunteers and forest students can be included in survey exercises if necessary, as long as all Covid – 19 protocols are strictly followed.
The circular also includes scat collecting of all prey animals, including elephants, sloth bears, wild boars, sambar deer, spotted deer and others except for carnivores. For testing, the samples must be sent to the Wildlife Institute of India.
