Wild Cries

  An appeal to the readers ‘An inquiring and open mind is halfway house to science’ My blog https://www.wildcries.com is completing one year today. I consider that the subject of wildlife management in the country and elsewhere is received with engrossing interest by general readers, as revealed from a series of reporting that appear in the print, electronic and social media on wide ranging issues connected with wildlife. Though I admit that a science subject of this kind would only enthuse niche readers to flip through the contents, I take effort to make the blog posts as much generic as possible. While thanking my readers for their overwhelming response, I wish that my readers continue to support and follow my blog..  Argument Setting  "The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing".  This verse is the origin of a common English expression, generally a term of derision for an organization, where different members are pursuing opposing or contradictory goals. T

Elephant- Nature’s great masterpiece; The only harmless great thing- John Donne Argument Setting  We are in the middle of the Wildlife Week Celebrations 2022, the theme of which for the current year is ‘Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration’. 4th October is incidentally World Animal Day as well. I felt it appropriate to pen down my thoughts on one of the critical issues- calf orphaning and reunion in wild- relating to the Asian Elephant, a charismatic endangered species in India.                      I came across a news report with the above title in an English newspaper recently about an abandoned elephant calf, barely few months old in a North Eastern state of India. Even as the well being of the orphan bothered me, I was wondering as to why and how the calf elephant got separated from its mother. Elephant herds usually live as family groups with strong social relation. As like most other animals, mother elephants nurture their offspring until the young are capable of fen