{"id":87288,"date":"2020-06-26T15:04:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T09:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=16094"},"modified":"2020-06-26T15:04:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T09:34:51","slug":"odisha-starts-project-to-conserve-bhitarkanika-fishing-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/odisha-starts-project-to-conserve-bhitarkanika-fishing-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"Odisha starts project to conserve Bhitarkanika fishing cats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Odisha Government has started a two-year conservation project for Fishing Cats in Bhitarkanika National Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/SwizQSpiPiJjWhOHLjYnCdYhg4XHDkqv8ovKqvcC7aryMLuW_C9EoRONl8MxMfVD5PnV4RzjaZ7fszfuKm8Mdoyl8QtMo5m1XyTRHTSKSmzb_-uutRAgZZwHiVIaicGI8DIvJhvO\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Fishing Cat: <\/strong>They are a medium-sized wildcat found in South and Southeast Asia.<\/li><li><strong>Habitat<\/strong>: In India, fishing cats are mainly found in the mangrove forests of the Sundarbans, on the foothills of the Himalayas along the Ganga and Brahmaputra river valleys and in the Western Ghats.<\/li><li><strong>Significance: <\/strong>In 2012, the West Bengal government officially declared the Fishing Cat as the State Animal.<\/li><li><strong>IUCN Red List<\/strong>: Vulnerable.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>CITES<\/strong>: Appendix II<\/li><li><strong>Indian Wildlife Protection Act,1972:<\/strong> Schedule I<\/li><li><strong>Threat: <\/strong>Habitat Destruction, Hunting, Poaching among others.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Odisha Government has started a two-year conservation project for Fishing Cats in Bhitarkanika National Park. Facts: Fishing Cat: They are a medium-sized wildcat found in South and Southeast Asia. Habitat: In India, fishing cats are mainly found in the mangrove forests of the Sundarbans, on the foothills of the Himalayas along the Ganga and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/odisha-starts-project-to-conserve-bhitarkanika-fishing-cats\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Odisha starts project to conserve Bhitarkanika fishing cats<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9326,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[5032],"class_list":["post-87288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-fishing-cats","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704785685},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}