Pune, Jun 11 (PTI) The Maharashtra government has decided to install infrared cameras in jungles to ensure continuous monitoring of nocturnal animals in order to collect data that can be used to improve wildlife management in the state.
The first such cameras, perched upon trees, were recently installed in forest areas of Pune and Solapur to track the movement pattern of mammals and birds to aid effective conservation measures.
"The movement of animals at night cannot be supervised by us...these self-operated cameras would come handy to detect the intricacies and behavioural pattern of warm-blooded animals (mammals and birds with fixed body temperature) when they approach the waterholes," Maharashtra Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) M K Rao told PTI.