Experts stunned after trail cameras capture unexpected return of rare creatures: 'It is heartening'

Experts stunned after trail cameras capture unexpected return of rare creatures: 'It is heartening'

Forests in West Bengal, India, have just delivered a hopeful surprise through the lens of newly placed trail cameras. According to officials from the state forest department and the conservation group Human and Environment Alliance League, a camera-trap survey that began in January captured clear images of several sloth bears in the Kotshila-Jhalda range of Purulia district. In recent years, before the project, only a single bear had been spotte…