Threats to the Bengal slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis in and around Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India: impediments to conservation
The present study provides data collected during rescue operations involving Bengal slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis which were carried out opportunistically in and around Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India. A total of 27 individuals consisting of 21 males and 6 females were resc...
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| author | A Kumar K Sarma J Panvor K Mazumdar A Devi M Krishna PC Ray |
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| description | The present study provides data collected during rescue operations involving Bengal slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis which were carried out opportunistically in and around Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India. A total of 27 individuals consisting of 21 males and 6 females were rescued from the study sites; 81% of these were adult and 19% sub-adult. Of the 27 individuals, 12 were rescued from private gardens. All rescued individuals were kept under observation in the Biological Park zoo situated within the sanctuary, where they received the necessary treatment, and were then released to the wild in the sanctuary. Various anthropogenic threats were recorded in the study; these included illegal logging, firewood collection, forest fires and habitat encroachment to enable the traditional practice of shifting cultivation, and infrastructural developmental activities. The present study highlights factors impeding the conservation of slow loris in and around the sanctuary. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4d548a6f4da746629689b83788bd9c112022-12-22T04:13:01ZengInter-ResearchEndangered Species Research1863-54071613-47962014-02-012329910610.3354/esr00540Threats to the Bengal slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis in and around Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India: impediments to conservationA Kumar0K Sarma1J Panvor2K Mazumdar3A Devi4M Krishna5PC Ray6Department of Forestry, NERIST (Deemed University), Nirjuli-791109, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Forestry, NERIST (Deemed University), Nirjuli-791109, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, IndiaBiological Park, Itanagar-791101, Arunachal Pradesh, IndiaCentre for Micro-finance & Livelihood (CML), 18, Bye Lane-3, Chandan Nagar Survey, Beltola, Guwahati-781 028, Assam, IndiaDepartment of Environmental Science, Tezpur University, Napaam-784028, Tezpur, Sanitpur Assam, IndiaDepartment of Forestry, NERIST (Deemed University), Nirjuli-791109, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Forestry, NERIST (Deemed University), Nirjuli-791109, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, IndiaThe present study provides data collected during rescue operations involving Bengal slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis which were carried out opportunistically in and around Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India. A total of 27 individuals consisting of 21 males and 6 females were rescued from the study sites; 81% of these were adult and 19% sub-adult. Of the 27 individuals, 12 were rescued from private gardens. All rescued individuals were kept under observation in the Biological Park zoo situated within the sanctuary, where they received the necessary treatment, and were then released to the wild in the sanctuary. Various anthropogenic threats were recorded in the study; these included illegal logging, firewood collection, forest fires and habitat encroachment to enable the traditional practice of shifting cultivation, and infrastructural developmental activities. The present study highlights factors impeding the conservation of slow loris in and around the sanctuary.https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v23/n2/p99-106/ |
| spellingShingle | A Kumar K Sarma J Panvor K Mazumdar A Devi M Krishna PC Ray Threats to the Bengal slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis in and around Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India: impediments to conservation Endangered Species Research |
| title | Threats to the Bengal slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis in and around Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India: impediments to conservation |
| title_full | Threats to the Bengal slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis in and around Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India: impediments to conservation |
| title_fullStr | Threats to the Bengal slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis in and around Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India: impediments to conservation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Threats to the Bengal slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis in and around Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India: impediments to conservation |
| title_short | Threats to the Bengal slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis in and around Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India: impediments to conservation |
| title_sort | threats to the bengal slow loris nycticebus bengalensis in and around itanagar wildlife sanctuary arunachal pradesh india impediments to conservation |
| url | https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v23/n2/p99-106/ |
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