WNPS lecture on leopard conservation
View(s):This month’s Wildlife & Nature Protection Society Public Lecture titled, ‘Sheltering under the leopard’s umbrella’ will be held on August 16 at the Jasmine Hall, BMICH at 6 p.m.
In a time of increasing human-animal conflict, mainly due to unplanned development, we are now faced with the unthinkable, the possible extermination of species that have lived on this island for thousands of years. One such threatened creature is the leopard. In addition to its ecological importance as the island’s apex predator, it fulfils two important conservation roles: it is a flagship species which can be used to rally support for conservation, and wide-ranging across multiple habitat types, it is a useful umbrella species with the potential to shelter a much wider array of more spatially-restricted species.
For these reasons leopard conservation is of major importance.
Dr. Andrew Kittle and Anjali Watson who have, in recent times, been foremost in field research on wild leopards in Sri Lanka will present their observations, and analysis on what is required now, to preserve the leopard in the wilds of Sri Lanka for future generations.