Blazing the trail for young women in an unlikely field
25 Jan 2021 - 10:27
Aishwarya Sridhar, a wildlife photographer, poses with her camera.
By Ayeni Olusegun | The Peninsula
Doha: In October last year, ‘Lights of Passion’ earned 24-year-old Aishwarya Sridhar the ‘Highly Commended Award’ in Behaviour of Invertebrate Category at the 56th Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020 organised by the Natural History Museum in London.
In an email interview with
The Peninsula, Aishwarya said winning the prestigious award and being the first Indian woman to win was a humbling experience.
“It feels surreal. I have always dreamt of having my image on display at the Natural History Museum in London but never really thought it would become a reality. I was overwhelmed and humbled to know that my image had made it to the Top 100 awarded images this year,” the Panvel resident said.
Meet The Two Ladakhis India Must Thank For Saving Our Beautiful Snow Leopards
Interestingly, their offbeat efforts even included the promotion of homestays and educating Ladakh’s masses about this elusive cat.
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Years from now, when the history of snow leopard conservation in Ladakh is written, two names will shine brighter than the rest Rinchen Wangchuk, the late co-founder of Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust (SLC-IT) and Dr Tsewang Namgail (46), the current director of SLC-IT and, arguably, Ladakh’s most accomplished wildlife scientist.
Image above of Rinchen Wangchuk (Left) and Dr. Tsewang Namgail (Right)
It’s impossible to overstate their incredible contributions towards protecting the snow leopard, an apex predator that plays a critical role in maintaining Ladakh’s ecological integrity. From starting India’s first successful community-based snow leopard conservation effort through the promotion of homestays to educating Ladakh’s masses about this
Updated Dec 21, 2020 · 07:48 am A leopard pounces on a Malabar giant squirrel at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka. The photo won the third prize at the Sanctuary Wildlife Photography Awards 2020. | Priyanka Rahut Mitra
The nonprofit Sanctuary Nature Foundation, which publishes wildlife and photography magazine
Sanctuary Asia, presented the Sanctuary Wildlife Photography Awards at a virtual ceremony on Saturday.
The first prize went to photographer Pratik Uday Pradhan for capturing a crane fly on a thin twig in Matheran, a hill station near Mumbai. “In the dark of night, Pratik Pradhan watches this little dancer under the steady beam of a torchlight,” the citation for the photograph read. “He adjusts the shutter speed of his camera, and clicks. The cranefly is captured; its body still, its legs a blur of spectral blue waves reminiscent of the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights.”
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Dec 18, 2020
The Oklahoma City Zooâs red panda cam has returned, giving animal lovers worldwide the opportunity to watch the zooâs red pandas this winter.
Experience a virtual visit to the OKC Zooâs red panda habitat at Sanctuary Asia from a smartphone, computer or tablet to watch Thomas, 7, and his daughter, Khyana, 18 months.
Now through Feb. 28, the zoo is offering a real-time look at the red pandas at okczoo.org/redpandacam. The red panda cam will stream live daily, with optimal viewing from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. of either Khyana or Thomas.
Because red pandas are solitary by nature and Khyana has reached an age of maturity, she and Thomas do not share habitat space.
Oklahoma City Zoo hosts red panda live cam Share Updated: 11:26 AM CST Dec 16, 2020 KOCO Staff Share Updated: 11:26 AM CST Dec 16, 2020
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Show Transcript here in Sanctuary, Asia. We actually just had to Red Panda cubs born on the afternoon of Sunday, June 2nd. So after a quick health check, we confirm that we actually do have one male and one female. These comes air the offspring of our female Leela and our male red panda Thomas. So, Layla, the mother is actually doing fantastic with these cubs. She s taking great care of them. From early on, we re getting regular weights on them, usually about every day or every other day. At this point, they re growing and developing, just like they should eso. Right now everything is going fantastic. Every birth within the species survival program is important. And red paint is there no different. These guys, they re struggling in the wild and everything we can do here. The Oklahoma C