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Author Archives: Milind Pariwakam

Wild Dogs or Dholes emit a series of yelps in a very high pitch, resembling the whistling sound giving them the name - Whistling Hunters.
1 May 2015

An encounter with Wild Dogs – the Whistling Hunters of Bor WLS

by Milind Pariwakam | posted in: Ecology & Natural History |

Photo by Dr. Anish Andheria “Sir, look here!” cried my field assistant, pointing through the tall grass. We were in the Sukdi beat of the Bor Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra, undertaking a data collection survey on carnivores and had just settled … Read More

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