15 Feb 2020



On the eve of the ninth World Pangolin Day, the Madhya Pradesh forest department announced the first-ever successful radio-tagging of the Indian pangolin. Two rescued animals were radio-tagged and released in the Satpura tiger reserve six months ago.

“This is the first case of successful rehabilitation of the species where the released individuals are monitored in the wild using telemetry,” said S K Singh, chief conservator of forests and field director of Satpura Tiger Reserve.

The exercise was part of a joint project initiated by the Madhya Pradesh forest department and NGO Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT) to understand the ecology of the Indian Pangolin and develop an effective conservation plan. The fieldwork is supported by the YES Bank under its CSR initiative.

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