10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2022

First, rangers would show some animal dung and teach their guests how to identify it (big deal – it is going nowhere, nor hiding away) and then show, let’s say, a herd of antelopes to their left – only to use the time when no one is watching to print some lion spurs in the dust on the right hand side, so they would be nicely fresh for photographing.

Gazelles 261

Gazelles India 2012 Endangered Species 261

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The oft-told tale of its start in 1900 as an alternative to the “side-hunt” which was itself a long tradition in many families warms many a birder’s heart. No real harm would come, right? You would at least think twice about it, right? Or the Great Bird Count. Is everyone involved going to be Muslim?

Saudi Arabia 147

Saudi Arabia Pakistan Abandon Abandoning 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2013

Hunting and disturbance, deterioration, fragmentation and destruction of habitat were the forces behind the decline of this, once widespread species, making it Critically Endangered on the IUCN Global Red List. And the animals themselves? Males reach 1.2 meters in height and up to 18 kilograms (females are smaller).

India 248

India Gazelles Endangered Species Pakistan 248