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It is our duty to preserve it for future generations.” Expressing concerns about the increasing pressure on Kukkarahalli Lake, with people flocking in Kukkarahalli Lake for fitness purpose, which affects breeding of birds as well as animals like Jackals, Shylajesha adds, “As per our estimation, three jackals are living in Kukkarahalli lake. We need to protect them in Kukkarahalli premises by creating conducive atmosphere to ensure Kukkarahalli lake lives up to the tag of bio-diversity.” Whenever there is a push for development works at Kukkarahalli Lake from the concerned authorities to make it as a tourism hub, environmentalists have been making claims about the need to protect Kukkarahalli Lake as it is one of the rich bio-diversity hot spot the city has. Since Jackals cannot stay with ferocious animals Tigers in forest areas, they co-exist with human beings without posing any threat to us. To give credence to it, wildlife enthusiasts S Chandru and Shylajesha S, who are part of group called Wild Mysuru, have spotted Jackels and have released a video on it.Speaking to us, Chandru says, “A pack of jackals lives in Kukkarahalli Lake premises..