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Interesting email exchange
Interesting email exchange between Deepali and your truly. Deepali is a naturalist, photographer and economist from Delhi. I got her permission to share this on the blog. From: Deepali Sharma Sanwal Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 11:11:25 +0530 To: Aditya Singh Subject: hi from Delhi Hi Aditya Hello from Delhi. Read your blog.. wanted to [...]
Another Ranthambhore tiger killed
If you had visited Ranthambhore in 2006 for a few days you, chances are you would have seen the Guda tigress with her two male cubs. This highly visible family had delighted a large number of tourists with their easy sightings. One of these two males, now fully grown, called Yuvraj, was killed by poachers [...]
Mogiya poachers busted outside Ranthambore – Dharmendra Khandal
I just got a mail from Doctor Dharmendra Khandal, the Field Biologist of Tiger Watch, who is now leading a highly successful anti-poaching campaign around Ranthambore Tiger Reserve. This guy is just incredible. He is a botanist by training and did his doctorate in botany. He then got into spiders and is probably one of [...]
Mail from Roy
I got a mail from Roy Fallon – my good friend from UK. He is very keen on Indian wildlife and is a great friend of tigers. Lately he has been very concerned about the “tiger crisis” in India. I think every one interested in wild tigers should go through this mail exchange that we [...]
Migration
Recently a judge in the Rajasthan High Court passed a ruling that Ranthambhore should be closed for 2 days in a week so that the animals can get “rest” from tourists. The Park is shut for tourists during the monsoons from July to end September. The people living around the park have a free run [...]