"#Water For #Gaurs " in #forests during #summer by M.A.Aleem Neurologist member #Tiruchirapalli District Welfare Fund Committee #TamilNadu #India in the #Trichy Readers Mail Column of Trichy The Hindu @the_hindu on 06.03.2023

Protect Wild Gaur

Wild Indian Gaur (Bison)are vulnerable threatened endangered species of animal listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species ( IUCN Red List) and also in the Covention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendix I.

These endangered animals are living less in numbers in the Thuvarankurichy and Manapparai forest range of our Trichy Forest division. Their numbers are declining year by year.

These animals are frequently hit by the vehicles in the forest intersecting highways roads in these forest ranges and lost their life. This is happening during summer time as they come out of the forest in search of water. They are also disturbed by vehicles horn sounds .

To protect these vulnerable animals , more water facilities are needed in these forest ranges. And also, adaptation of speed limit and honking free Zones in the forest intersecting highways roads can also help to prevent the death of these vulnerable animals in road traffic accidents. Proper yearly census of these animals can also save these endangered species from poachers.

- M.A.Aleem

   Tiruchi