Forest department plans population study of grizzled giant squirrel in Pakkamalai and Gangavaram hills
The study will help the department draw up a conservation strategy by gathering the baseline data of the squirrel, an endangered species listed under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and provide a fillip to the long-pending demand for notifying the hills as a wildlife sanctuary, say sources
The study will help the department draw up a conservation strategy by gathering the baseline data of the squirrel, an endangered species listed under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and provide a fillip to the long-pending demand for notifying the hills as a wildlife sanctuary, say sources
