Jai's missing cub Srinivas located near Sindewahi

While the forest department officials of the Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary (UKWS), along with various NGOs and a team of researchers from Wildlife Institute of India (WII) are yet to find Jai one of his radio collared cubs, Srinivas, has also been missing since the last 10-15 days

While the forest department officials of the Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary (UKWS), along with various NGOs and a team of researchers from Wildlife Institute of India (WII) are yet to find Jai one of his radio collared cubs, Srinivas, has also been missing since the last 10-15 days. However, on Wednesday, the authorities received signals from its collar near Sindewahi city in Chandrapur district.

UKWS’ star attraction Jai has been missing since the last few months

Jai’s cubs Bittu and Srinivas were also fitted with radio collars in March. “Around 10 days ago, the signals from Srinivas’ radio collar had stopped coming and we were tensed because of the same. But on July 27, we received the satellite coordinates or signals from its collar, which prove that the animal is safe,” said an FD official from UKWS.

However, while his son has been located, the whereabouts of Jai are still unknown. Authorities do not have any strong evidence regarding his location. Wildlife activists are saying that there should have been greater monitoring of Jai’s locations through his collar as well.

While the search for Jai continues, a section of wildlife lovers and photographers have taken potshots at the FD and WII for not monitoring the animal properly.

“If the WII and FD would have properly monitored the movement of Jai then the animal might have not gone missing. The people who are telling us that we should not concentrate on individual animals should first learn to properly monitor the radio-collared animal. Because in Jai’s case, it has been proven that if they cannot monitor a collared animal, how will they protect a non-collared animal?” questioned a wildlife lover.

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