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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2021, Volume : 9, Issue : 4
First page : (173) Last page : (179)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8773

Impact of Lockdown Mediated Anthro-Pause on Man-Animal Conflict

Debolina Sinha*
Department of Zoology, Vidyasagar College
(Affiliated to University of Calcutta), West Bengal 700006, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: debolina008@gmail.com
Received: 5.07.2021 | Revised: 13.08.2021 | Accepted: 23.08.2021 

 ABSTRACT

Objective: With the COVID-19 pandemic there was a major lockdown world-wide which halted human activity to a total pause giving rise to a new term never known previously “Anthro-pause”. During this anthro-pause there were various reports of rare animal sighting in urban areas. Some of the reports were true and some was far away from reality thus demand for detail study. Methods/findings: Man-animal conflict has resulted in mammoth destruction and aggravated mass extinction. A careful study of the pandemic driven anthro-pause has given a rare chance to study the impact of human intervention on wild life scientifically with realistic observations and data. This study will help to provide insight to address previously intractable questions like is it the urban structures or humans himself that have impacted the wild life. The learning will pave future understandings on how by minor changes to our lifestyles and transport networks can potentially have significant benefits for both ecosystems, human wildlife coexistence.

Keywords: Man-animal conflict, Ecosystem, Lock-down, Anthro-pause.

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Cite this article: Sinha, D. (2021). Impact of Lockdown Mediated Anthro-Pause on Man-Animal Conflict, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 9(4), 173-179. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8773