This story is from January 23, 2018

Tiger pug marks found, leopard sighted during wildlife census in Telangana

Tiger pug marks found, leopard sighted during wildlife census in Telangana
HYDERABAD: Excitement is building among forest staff, workers and volunteers who are engaged in the wildlife census in Telangana as a direct sighting of a leopard has been reported.
This apart, in the Kagaznagar division, fresh pugmark of a tiger was noticed. This was in two beats – one in Bejjur Range and another in Penchikalpet Range. The wildlife census began on January 22 and will go on up to January 29. This wildlife census has been taken up in forest areas across the country.
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Forest officials on Tuesday said that a leopard pugmark was found in Sirpur range.
The information was collated from reports from all forest beats in Telangana on the first day.
A sloth bear pugmark was noticed in seven beats and a direct sighting of leopard was reported in Sirpur range. A tiger pug mark was also found in Penchikalpet range. There was also a direct sighting of sloth bear in Kagaznagar range.
E Sridar, collector of Nagarkurnool, also participated in the Tiger census in Mannanur Range.
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Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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