Two abandoned cubs found in a hollowed tree near the stream adjacent to paddy fields of Tening village were transferred to Nagaland Zoological Park, Dimapur on August 21. (DIPR Photo)
Tening, August 23 (MExN): A group of four boys, all between 11 to 12 years of age from Tening village found two abandoned cubs in a hollowed tree near the stream adjacent to paddy fields of Tening village.
According to a DIPR report, the four boys Njancham, Kaisithui, Khouralung, and Wiramsiaged found the cubs when they had went downstream for a bath on August 20.
They brought the cubs to the village after which Chamdinbo, resident of Tening village, also a teacher in Government High School, Tening informed the EAC Tening, Tumben P Tsanglao for necessary assistance in handing over the cubs to concerned authorities.
As reported by EAC Tening, the officials of Nagaland Zoological Park (NZP), Dimapur and DFO Peren initiated necessary protocols for immediate transfer of the cubs from Tening village to Nagaland Zoological Park, Dimapur for specialised care and protection of the cubs.
The District Administration led by EAC Tening and Forest Range Officer, Namsibo facilitated the rescue and transfer of the leopard cubs from Tening village to NZP on August 21.
The whereabouts of the mother of the cubs is still unknown, it stated. The rescues of the cubs “at very close vicinity around the paddy fields of Tening village” have raised the concern on “growing man-animal conflict, amidst the loss of habitats for the big cats.”
The current International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List notes the status of the Indian Leopard as ‘Vulnerable’.
