Rising endangered species shame India
Not only are various tribes in India getting vulnerable to the threats of extinction but dwindling population of species is also being noticed increasingly. Well, there may be several reasons behind this appalling development; albeit we need not delve into the same, government apathy is surely the first stand foremost culpable factor. So have you heard the name of Namdapha Flying Squirrel? It is basically a lovely little creature with red, grizzly fur, a grey crown, orange flanks and a white derriere and this polychromatic beauty is also on the verge of extinction.
For this reason only it, at the moment, is on the list of India's "critically endangered" species. However, there was definitely a time when they used to gallop in good numbers in jungles in India's north-east. But Namdapha Flying Squirrel is a mere specimen, thousands of other species like it are also going to be extinct before long. Why don’t we know the names at least? It’s certain that scarcely anything can be done by us.
In the list there are the dark brown Pygmy Hog (a tiny pig now confined to Assam), Malabar Large-spotted Civet (a white-grey cat that once thrived in Kerala) and Jenkin's Shrew (a mouse now rare in the Andamans). It has to be accepted that India is quite conscious of tigers and these animals have the majority of the government's conservation effort and funds, but India has as many as 687 -up from 659 in 2008- animals and plants facing extinction. Do you know the outcome? This perilous reality has made India one of the ten countries with the largest number of endangered species, this is certainly a dubious distinction conferred on the country a year before the world observes the International Year of Biodiversity.
In accordance with the report of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 96 mammals, 67 birds, 25 reptiles, 64 varieties of fish, 213 invertebrates and 217 species of plants are extremely susceptible in the sphere of India.
By » aranna ghaeuthreuigls; on 2009-11-10 20:12:21