10,000 Birds
MAY 18, 2023
This park protects the largest remaining tract of dry deciduous forest in the west of India, offering visitors 37 species of reptiles, 38 species of mammals and, not to be forgotten – almost 300 bird species. After several game drives, once again we are at the front gate of the Gir National Park in the state of Gujarat.
Critter News
AUGUST 1, 2009
India is to amend its wildlife crime laws to protect the country's tigers, a government minister said. Environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh said that speeding up justice as well as hefty fines are needed to strengthen the Wildlife Protection Act. Tags: India tigers wildlife endangered species. But is it enough?
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 8, 2013
This park protects the largest remaining tract of dry deciduous forest in the west of India, offering visitors 37 species of reptiles, 38 species of mammals and, not to be forgotten – almost 300 bird species. Trips India Mammals' Chitals are crossing the road, but we have seen too many of them to stop now. Great Tit Parus major.
Critter News
JANUARY 4, 2010
From the Economic Times (part of the India Times, I think). India’s newfound partnership with China on environment issues has yielded results in the area of tiger protection as well. whether it be animal rights or human rights. What kind of protection do they really mean? I'm too, too cynical.
10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2015
India, February 2013. I am camping in the dry-deciduous jungle in eastern Maharashtra, near the geographic heart of India. One Nilgai – the largest of Asian antelopes and a few Sambar deer later, we hit a jackpot: there is one jackal-like animal sitting among the dry leaves! It is February and evenings are cold.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2016
It’s also endangered, with populations in India and Cambodia numbering barely around the 1,000 mark. National Geographic highlights the amazing story of how a group of villagers banded together to educate their neighbors and protect the Stork, a scavenger also called Hargilla (Sanskrit for “bone swallower”).
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 8, 2015
Nowhere in India have I seen broiler horror-chicken like those sold in supermarkets back home. They belong to a long-maned subspecies Sus scrofa cristatus (like four-legged Greco/Roman crested helmets) and are my second race of boar seen in India, while I still remain the only Serbian birder who has never seen one closer to home!
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