Snippets From My Wildlife Experiences!

 The Bee Sting during Safari! On an early morning safari during my recent visit to the forests, we were attached by 300/400 honeybees. They gypsy driver, guide, my daughter and me were all swamped by the bees. For 5-10 minutes we did not know what was happening as they were just not leaving us alone, later they did! We returned to the nearest safari gate as it was very traumatic being stung on hands and face primarily.  We were advised to go to the nearest government hospital and take the necessary medical help. I was skeptical as was not quite sure about how these hospitals would be regarding expertise and infrastructure.  We soon realised that we had no other option.  We went to Chimur Government Hospital and were taken by surprise. They were extremely organized witht he reception making note of the issue, we being taken to the OPD and then given the necessary vaccination. This all took cumulative 15-20 minutes. Post which we bought the medicines there itself. The facility was very c

  50 years of Project Tiger! Project Tiger, launched on April1, 1973, to promote tiger conservation in India, completed 50 years. Over the past years, this initiative has been instrumental in saving the tigers from extinction and has been widely recognised as one of the most successful conservation efforts globally. What is noteworthy is that from a mere 9 Tiger Reserves at the inception of the project the number has stealthily grown to 53 across 18 Tiger range states of India.  The Bengal Tiger (Panthera Tigris) the National animal of India is a charismatic field species, native to the country. Despite its visual allure and unequivocal status as an umbrella species, it was on the brink of extinction in 1972 with the national numbers going to an all time low. A new hope to safeguard the population was infused by the Government of India by virtue of Project Tiger! On occasion of celebrating 50 years of Project Tiger, we are thrilled to announce successful completion of hosting a series