Guards in Assam’s protected forests have to face poachers armed with sophisticated guns day in and day out. Waking up to the serious lacuna in the system, conservation authorities in Assam and local NGOs have recently introduced technology such as conservation drones in Kaziranga. It’s time the protectors of wildlife are well equipped to save…
Month: April 2013
Aim And Shoo
A group of ornithologists from Karnataka is keeping an eye on how bird watchers in and around Hesaraghatta lake are ruining the habitat for birds. Rare birds are often chased and cornered by a group of photographers till the avians are tired, writes Atula Gupta. It is still not dawn at Hesaraghatta lake — an…