31 species lost from Bangladesh in 100 years

Apart from the tiger, the king of forest, lion, also fears of hyena. The hyena can laugh like humans. But there is a kind of horror in that smile. As a result, people have been using the term 'hyena smile' in a sense of ruthlessness. Although the name Hyena is used in an evil sense, it also has many positive aspects. Hyenas never give up. They move in groups. A great feature of the hyenas is that they are not afraid of anyone.

The hyena, once an example of greed and violence, roamed the barren red soil of the Varendra region of Rajshahi in our country in the late nineteenth century. That gray hyena group is now just a memory. Now not only in the Varendra, hyenas are not seen anywhere in Bangladesh.

Even once there were rhinos in this country. In the last 100 years, more than 31 species of such animals have been lost from the land of Bangladesh forever.

Many species of animals including wolves, rhinos and pangolin have been lost along the path of hyenas. These animals are now just memories.

In 2015, a red list update report was prepared on the condition and survival of about one and a half thousand species of wild animals in Bangladesh. The report is a joint venture between the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the government's forest department.

According to the report, 390 wild animals of the country are endangered. In addition, 266 species of fish, 22 species of amphibians, 109 species of reptiles, 388 species of birds, and 110 species of mammals are on the brink of danger.

The report also found that bird species have become the most extinct in the last 15 years. Of the country's 57 species of birds, 19 have become extinct in the last 100 years. Mammals are in second place in the extinction race. Eleven species of mammals have been lost during this time while only one species of reptiles have become extinct.

The report lists 56 species are in grave danger, 181 on the verge of extinction and 153 at stake. And there are about 90 species of animals closed to risk.

Mostafa Firoz, a professor in the Department of Zoology at Jahangirnagar University, told The Report.live that various developments are being made by destroying our forests. But in each of these forests there are different species of animals. There is no vacation accommodation for anyone. As a result, we are losing wildlife very quickly.

Among the endangered species are the striped hyena in the Rajshahi region, the gray wolf in Noakhali and Chittagong, the Nilgai in Dinajpur-Panchagarh, the wild cow and the wild buffalo in Chittagong and Sylhet. In addition, three types of rhinos have disappeared in the course of time.

Sumatra rhinos, Java rhinos and Indian rhinos have gone into unknown ways. Horned deer, black bull and slow deer disappeared. Most of these 11 species have become extinct in the last century, the report said.

The list of endangered species includes the Royal Bengal tiger, elephant, otter, lamchita, leopard, pangolin, ape, spectacled hanuman, sambar Deer, parailla monkey, Himalayan striped squirrel and black bear.

Monowar Hossain, a teacher in the zoology department at Jahangirnagar University, said the wildlife was in danger due to environmental disasters, housing crisis and habitat destruction.

"We have made a lot of progress in the last 5-10 years," he told TheReport.live. “But the kind of rules that we were supposed to follow with the developments is not being done by the state or on its own. Due to development or urbanization, a lot of forests and shrubs are being cut down. As a result, the wildlife is in danger. It is time to overcome this and take immediate action to protect the rare animals.”