The Wildlife Census was conducted in February 02. This was the part of Nation wide exercise coordinated by Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India. In the State of Goa, extensive training was given to all participants and work was done under the supervision of Senior Officers of the Department. Important figures of the Census have been presented in the following table and compared with 1997 Census.

Name of Species	Census of 1997	Census of 2002
Gaur	1747	1521
Sambhar	882	953
Spotted Deer	712	547
Barking Deer	824	399
Wild pig	541	1081
Jungle Fowl	3550	1826
Giant Squirrel	392	507
Mouse Deer	359	263
Monkey	11170	11626
Hare	1497	1044
Mongoose	284	310
Tiger	6	5
Leopard	25	41

The overall comparison between two censuses indicates satisfactory trend.