Endangered Otters in Coringa Wildlife Sanctury, Andhra Pradesh, India

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The documentation of the River otter, Lutra percipillata at Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India was studied with special reference to Ecology, Status, Distribution pf population, Habital evaluation, Reproductive Biology, Food and Feeding strategies together with Exploitation pattern in relation to Mangroove habitats and Human impacts of Coringa area.

CONSERVATION PROGRAMMES WITH STRICT IMPLEMENTATION AS STRATAGIES and ACTION PLANS were carried out at Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary.

The study area is under severe exploitation. Habital destruction, Construction of Aquaculture. Pouching of Otters for skin, Fur,and meat. Hence the population of Others are decreasing day by day. So Conservation and Management of Otters are required to protect the species.

The details of the above aspects are presented in different chapters of this Monograph.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Madireddi V Subba Rao

Madireddi V. Subba Rao got his M.Sc. Zoology with 1st class and 1st Rank in 1963 from Agra University, Agra and awarded Ph.D. in 1968, from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. He was Post-Doctoral research fellow at Creedmoor State Hospital, Queens, New York, U.S.A. in 1969 and D.Sc. (IOU, Sri Lanka) in 1997.He was Visiting Professor in Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, L.T., New York, U.S.A. (1969). He was a Professor and Head of the Department of Environmental Sciences, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India. Now he is a President in Environmental Research Academy (EnRA) International.