The number of Nilgiri tahrs at Eravikulam National Park has increased from 723 to 782 this year, registering an increase of 145 new calves this season compared with 155 previous year.
The number of new calves in 2018 was 75 and in 2017 it was 87, according to Job J Neriyamparambil, ENP range officer here.
The area of survey included Shola National Park and Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary. In this year’s census, ENP recorded 93 new births and at Shola Park 19.
The total tahr population has remained below 1000 for over a decade. A large number of tahrs fell prey to carnivorous animals like wild dogs and leopards, he said.
This year the census was held between April 20 to 23. The change in the weather pattern has resulted in sighting the new calves a little earlier than the normal period of the calving season.
Source: UNI
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