Fishing cat gives birth at Sreemangal zoo
A fishing cat gave birth to two kittens at the zoo of Bangladesh Bonyo Prani Sheba Foundation in Moulvibazar's Sreemangal upazila yesterday morning.
The cat gave birth around 6am, said Swapan Deb Sajal, director of the foundation.
The foundation recovered the fishing cat ten years ago from people who caught it in the upazila's Hail Haor area.
She mated with a male fishing cat that is also being kept at the centre. The mother and kittens are healthy, Sajal said. Arrangements have been made for their safety and health.
The foundation is a recovery and recuperation centre for wild animals in the area, which borders on evergreen forests in the region, home to several endangered species such as the eastern hoolock gibbon and the capped langur.
The fishing cat is classified by International Union for Conservation of Nature as a vulnerable species.
Fishing cats are adept at swimming, and the skill is essential as their diet is mainly fish. The average lifespan of these creatures in captivity is 10-12 years.
Suffering from continuous encroachment on their habitat, wild animals from the region often wander into villages and get attacked and captured by humans. Sheba Foundation recovers such animals and releases them back into the wild.
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