The Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary (CWS) of Andhra Pradesh, India’s second-largest mangroves, is home to the endangered fishing cat, Prionailurus viverrinus.
By 2018, the population of fishing cats was 115, as per the first survey of fishing cats.
The second census of the fishing cat is expected to be completed within a few weeks.
The ongoing fishing cat census is part of India’s first Fishing Cat Collaring Project.
The Wildlife Institute of India-Dehradun is executing the Collaring Project.