In what can be termed as good news for wildlife enthusiasts and nature lovers, camera traps set up by the Forest Department in a community reserve in Mokokchung district have successfully captured images of various wildlife including sambar deer, wild boar, kaleej pheasant and red jungle fowl.
As reported by this newspaper earlier, a four member team of the Forest Department set up the camera traps in association with the Joint Forest Management Committee of a village in the district to monitor and document presence of wildlife in the unnamed village’s community protected forest area. The cameras were installed on December 6 and retrieved on January 13.
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A total of four cameras were set up. One of the cameras did not capture any wildlife but the other three cameras captured a considerable number of photos. It was found that the cameras started capturing photos from the 11th of December, that is, from the 5th day after installation.
