Rare cat species spotted in trap cameras at Purulia forests

For the first time in West Bengal, forest department trap cameras have spotted a rare species of rusty spotted cat at Kotshila forests in Purulia district.

- DEBAJYOTI CHAKRABORTY

Forest officials claim that there must be more than one rusty spotted cat in the Kotshila Forests in Purulia district.

Recently, the forest department has started conservation and preservation and breeding of wildlife in that forest and has set up various trap cameras in the Kotshila forest ranges. One of these trap cameras captured the rare cat.

The small but rare cat is a fierce predator. This is the first time it has been spotted, not just in Purulia, but in Bengal.