Ethics approval and consent to participate
All the four species where captured followed standard and approved
protocols after due permission from Ministry of Environment, Forests and
Climate Change, Govt. of India and Maharashtra Forest Department. The
species-specific permit details are as follows:
Tigers and Leopards: MOEF&CC – F. No. 1-36/2014-WL-I/05.09.2014; F.
No. 1-22/2015/WL/09.10.2015; MFD – SPP-144/13.10.2014;
SPP-04/01.01.2016, Wolf: MOEF&CC – F. No. 1-69/2017-WL/16.05.2017; MFD
– SPP-15/01.06.2017, Dhole - MFD – SPP-12/05.11.2016.
Funding: Funding was provided by Maharashtra Forest Department
and Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
Consent for publication: Not applicable