Prelude The India’s 1972 Wildlife (Protection) Act completed 50 on the fifth September this year. Country wide debates are on in various platforms including the Governments at the Centre and the States, forest bureaucracy, conservation NGOs, forestry and wildlife research organizations, wildlife enthusiasts and the common man as to what the half century of the Act did for the dumb denizens of the wild in the country. Some of the questions that engage the minds of a spectrum of concerned people include: Are the populations of different wild animal species flourishing? Have the conditions of wild habitats in which the wildlife dwell become better off? Is the escalating confrontation between man and wild animal reaching a point of no- return? Is the response of wildlife administrators and managers to this growing conflict bringing results? Has some wildlife gone forever, some facing extirpation, while few others are staging a comeback? What is facing the future of the wildlife in the co
All about Indian Wildlife- Fascinating narrative of India's wildlife's uniqueness and glory, trials and tribulations, persecution and perturbation, challenges and opportunities, successes and failures in their management realistically assessed by a professional forester and wild lifer with 35 years of field experience