Around July every year, Laxman Nag, a resident of Kolang village on the outskirts of Kanger National Park in Chhattisgarh, sees crows in his dreams. He sees the birds attacking silk cocoons to pick the larvae inside and wakes up in a sweat. Cocoons in the wild are his main …
about half of Nagzira wildlife sanctuary in Maharashtra’s Gondia district was destroyed in forest fires allegedly started by tendu leaf contractors in March and April. Conservationists working in the area accused the contractors of working hand-in-glove with forest officials. Most top officials were on leave at the time of the …
Gir maybe the last abode of the Asiatic lion, but the authorities couldn't care less. Even after reports that most of the 359 lions reported in the last census in Gir sanctuary were straying out and spotted in Dhari and its surrounding areas, there is no full-time deputy conservator of …
