Rizwan Mithawala, a conservation writer with the Wildlife Conservation Trust, shares the stories of four commendable forest guards who have dedicated their lives to protecting the tigers of their beloved Melghat Tiger Reserve. Protecting wildlife and its habitats through GPS-based … Read More
“We are spending INR 1,300 crores to build nine kilometres [in Pench Tiger Reserve]… This is public money. It is up to you to decide whether it’s correct or not”, said the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin … Read More
Every year, the International Tiger Day is celebrated on 29th July. This year, it was a day of celebration for India when the figures of the Tiger Census held in 2018 were released. According to the report by India’s National … Read More
If pictures can break our hearts, they can surely stir us into action. These days, a kind of pictures increasingly orbiting Indian cyberspace is of dead animals lying on the sides of roads or on railway tracks after being hit … Read More
We now live in times where the stakes against overlooking climate change as a threat have become very high. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals include ‘Responsible Consumption and Production’ as an objective which the international community is being urged … Read More
It is often said, in Newtonian fashion, that what goes up, must come down. While this adage may apply to many things in the modern era, sadly, it doesn’t hold entirely true for crimes against wildlife. It applies lesser still … Read More
A herd of cattle grazes on tiny bamboo shoots and other scant vegetation amid thin stumps of felled trees in the buffer zone of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Central India. A dark grey bull wears a collar that encases … Read More
Seen here is a desert fox vixen looking intently at two domestic dogs who have come dangerously close to her den in the Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary situated in the Little Rann of Kutchh, Gujarat. Observing the vixen and her … Read More
“Tum exactly kya karte ho?” What exactly do you do for living? … is a question I have been consistently asked at family gatherings in the 15 years of my career as a nature conservationist. In fact, even friends genuinely … Read More
Dr. Anish Andheria, a carnivore expert with vast field experience, writes about the fate of the Asiatic lion, which is expanding the boundaries of its last stronghold – Gir. Presently, as India struggles to save many of her natural resources, … Read More
It has been more than a year since my last article in Hornbill (Jan-March 2017, 10–15), and with each day that passed by, I drifted in and out of my day dream of the ‘great things’ that conservation could achieve, … Read More
July 29 is the day of the wild tiger. Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT) is committed to protecting the tiger and its habitat through holistic and science-based interventions. On International Tiger Day 2019, listen to some of WCT’s experts speak about … Read More
2,967. Take a good look at this figure, as you will see it splashed across the world over the next few days. It is the estimated number of tigers in India as of today. It is a massive jump of … Read More
The slender, bony-white trunks of dhavda trees, standing out against their dark-barked neighbours, appeared unusually mottled. As the GPS guided us towards the centre of the survey grid, we found ourselves in the midst of a deafening chorus. The dark … Read More
Wildlife crime in India happens across a wide spectrum – from local village level subsistence hunting to multi-million dollar trade in the international market. The international trade in wildlife and related trafficking is perhaps the most noticeable, due to its … Read More