Vol2, Issue3 - Journal of Wildlife Science (JWLS)

Volume 2, Issue 3 - September 2025

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Published on 30th September 2025

DOI- https://doi.org/10.63033/JWLS.KAUK9569

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From afterthought to blueprint: Making wildlife-friendly linear infrastructure a design requirement, not post-hoc mitigation measures

Bilal Habib, Akanksha Saxena

Developing economies like India are pushing for aggressive linear transportation infrastructure (LTI) growth as a means to achieve economic and social development. Among LTI, roads and railway lines are the prime focus of infrastructure growth plans. Often,...

Wild animals in zoos: A new paradigm is needed for zoos in the future

Werner Kaumanns, Nilofer Begum, Mewa Singh

This review describes the main approaches used for working with wild animals in zoos, and briefly traces the history and theoretical background of these approaches. The theoretical background should be considered when current approaches are discussed for the improvement and design of future zoos. Hediger’s individual-based concept of ‘Zoo biology’ is introduced, followed by a (small)...

Unveiling the Elusive: Density, Activity Patterns, and Human-Interactions of Striped Hyenas in Kappathagudda Wildlife Sanctuary

Avril Amanna, Salvador Lyngdoh

The striped hyena is a nocturnal and elusive carnivore, making population assessments challenging. We estimated its density, activity patterns, and interactions with wildlife and humans using camera-trap surveys and community interviews. Multi-session spatially explicit...

New larval host plant records for wild silkmoths from Arunachal Pradesh in the Indian Eastern Himalaya

Hiren Gogoi, Sonu Singh, Tagam Dobiam, Abhaya Prasad Das

Silkmoths are both ecologically significant and economically valuable insects, with larval host plant associations playing a crucial role in shaping their development, survival, and silk yield. Arunachal Pradesh, a biodiversity hotspot in the Eastern...

Records of Total Albinism in Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794) from Upper Brahmaputra Valley, Assam, India

Purbajyoti Saikia, Amir Sohail Choudhury, Diganta Hazarika, Jitu Chutia, Sanker Paul, Muhammed Khairujjaman Mazumder

The phenomenon of total albinism in fishes is rare, and very few cases of albinism are reported across the globe. In this study, we report total albinism in two wild specimens of stinging catfish Heteropneustes fossilis...

Caracal’s Comeback – First photographic record of Caracal in the Ramgarh Visdhari and Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve, India

Rajrajeshwar Thakar, Mohit Kumar Patra, Dixit Verma, Ayan Sadhu, Sanjeev Sharma, Muthu Somasundaram, Ram Karan Khairwa, Sugna R. Jat, Lallianpuii Kawlni, Vishnupriya Kolipakam, Qamar Qureshi, Bilal Habib

Caracals (Caracal caracal) were once widely distributed in India’s semi-arid regions but lost more than 90% of their range due to habitat loss in the past century...

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