NCF has appointed 2 watchers in Puthuthottam estate (PE) and their job is to forbid tourists from feeding the LTMs. The PE as such is rich in fruit bearing trees such as Cullenia, Artocarpus, Ficus sp. which wild LTMs relish.

During road widening, the canopy was cut and this forced the LTMs to cross the roads. Wood poachers have felled numerous roosting trees of LTMs in the area forcing them to seek favourable roosting trees elsewhere.

The prime focus of NCF team over there is to re-establish the canopy by preventing road widening in the stretch. Once canopy is established, LTMs will stay arboreal and they will not cross the road jeopardizing their lives.

The houses close to the RF should be convinced to move away and the area should be made inviolate.

These measures are easier said than done. Valparai is emerging fast as a tourist destination and road widening proposals are looming large.

Though the LTMs' current status in Valparai is apparently stable, their future is miserably bleak.

Longterm conservation measure should be to establish link between pockets of rainforests which will increase their home range.