Brawin Kumar examining a Madras Hedgehog during a day-time field survey. | Jude
Hedgehogs seem to be the stuff of picture books from Britain or characters from American animation films, but they are living, breathing mammals and three different species of hedgehogs inhabit the Indian subcontinent alone. Of these, the Madras Hedgehog
(Paraechinus nudiventris) is very poorly studied, said Brawin Kumar, ecologist and conservationist, who is working to save this endemic species from obscurity, even possible oblivion. The Kanyakumari-born researcher recalled his first sighting of the spiny animal, resembling “a small bunch of twigs arranged with utmost care”, as it ambled about in the scrub looking for food.
a week the volunteers prepare vegetables for delivery. the farm generates twenty five percent of its income by selling its organic produce boxes. each box costs the equivalent of four euros the number of customers is growing. do you like that. if you are also doing your bit tell us about it. visit our website or send us a tweet. as to doing your bit we share your stories. in terms of here people are fighting to protect their trees and forests the nomadic hadza people in the north i m part of the country have lived in the scrub forest the reason for thousands of years but their way of life is under threat other ethnic groups that farm and raise livestock are competing with them for land and
five percent of its income by selling its organic produce boxes. each box costs the equivalent of four euros the number of customers is growing. do you like that. if you are also doing your bit tell us about it. visit our website or send us a tweet. as to doing your bit we share your stories. in terms of here people are fighting to protect their trees and forests the nomadic hadza people in the north and part of the country have lived in a scrub forest of reason for thousands of years but their way of life is under threat other ethnic groups that farm and wave livestock are competing with them for land and are cutting down the forests the hundreds of people are now telling to modern technology for help let s see how g.p.s.
we believe that s because they still don t know what s going to happen with the weather and the winds, and they don t have it completely locked down even though there s no active fire lines right now. all right. casey wian, appreciate the update. keeping them honest, an especially chilling new development in the strange and mysterious death of a man named alfred wright. we ve been covering this all week. the texas father of three who vanished last november. his family found his body nearly three weeks later. that was two weeks after local authorities gave up searching in the exact area where ultimately his body was found by his own family. the local sheriff told them there was no sign of foul play. the family is alleging a murder and coverup. they re disputing nearly everything in the official count, from the cause of death to the condition of his body to the notion that wright, a father of two with no history they say of drug use, let alone abuse, sprinted off into the texas scrub
just went on. and they said that it s still 1700 acres but they re not releasing any official containment figures. we believe that s because they still don t know what s going to happen with the weather and the winds, and they don t have it completely locked down even though there s no active fire lines right now. all right. casey wian, appreciate the update. keeping them honest, an especially chilling new development in the strange and mysterious death of a man named alfred wright. we ve been covering this all week. the texas father of three who vanished last november. his family found his body nearly three weeks later. that was two weeks after local authorities gave up searching in the exact area where ultimately his body was found by his own family. the local sheriff told them there was no sign of foul play. the family is alleging a murder and coverup. they re disputing nearly everything in the official count, from the cause of death to the condition of his body to the notion th