Authorities’ apathy affects conservation of fishing cats

Calls growing for efforts to save the endangered mammal.

A fishing cat, locally known as Pani Biralo, was found critically injured on a road in Dayanagar village in Krishnanagar Municipality-8, Kapilvastu on October 28. The locals who had found the injured cat informed the division forest office in Chandrauta but the cat succumbed to its injuries before a rescue team could reach the site.