The existence of wildlife in the Lawachera reserve forest in Moulvibazar is threatened due to acute crisis of animal feed, according to forest officials. In the last two months, a good many animals came out of the forest and entered the human habitation in search of feed, the forest officials said. Some 12 animals and birds have been caught by the local people at different places in Kamalganj and Srimongal upazilas of the district during the period, they added. Experts fear that all the species of animals and birds in the Lawachera forest would face extinction in near future if the feed crisis continues. Wild animals feed on different kinds of fruits but the number of fruit-bearing tress in the forest has sharply declined in the recent years, they pointed out. Local people caught a rare species of monkey called