Lending steam to the frantic race to protect Aarey Milk Colony's forest cover, a city-based NGO — Empower Foundation — has prepared a 26-page detailed report, Evidences of Wildlife in Aarey Forest Mumbai, India, listing the 290 wild species found in the region.

The report has been sent to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The most concerning aspect of the report is that the Aarey forest has five species (including leopards), which has mention in the IUCN Red List, as they are inching towards becoming endangered. In view of this, the NGO has invited the IUCN India chief to visit Mumbai so that he could take a closer look and help in saving the forest.