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The return of the forest owlet


The return of the forest owlet
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March 05, 2021 12:44 IST
Unlike most other owls, this species hunts during the day, when it is visible and exposed to assaults by others
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The forest owlet has an uncanny resemblance to the more common spotted owlet. Photo: Prachi Mehta
 
Unlike most other owls, this species hunts during the day, when it is visible and exposed to assaults by others
Prachi Mehta was always fascinated by owls. When she was a student of wildlife biology in 1997, birders spotted a forest owlet perched on a bare teak tree in northwestern Maharashtra. The news sent the birding world into a tizzy. Although the species doesn’t lurk in the dark nor frequent remote mountain valleys, it had dodged ornithologists for more than a hundred years. ....

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The eyes of the jungle: A new study sheds light on the harsh and unsafe conditions forest guards in India have to work under


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The eyes of the jungle: A new study sheds light on the harsh and unsafe conditions forest guards in India have to work under
ByRizwan MithawalaRizwan Mithawala / Updated: Jan 17, 2021, 07:08 IST
Photo by Anish Andheria
A new study sheds light on the harsh and unsafe conditions forest guards in India have to work under.
Twenty-four-year-old Deepu Rana, a forest guard with the Madhya Pradesh forest department, was out on patrol on May 4 last year, in the Ghatigaon forest, west of Gwalior city, when he heard a gunshot. As he walked in the direction of the sound, he came face-toface with a poacher and his catch, a dead jungle fowl. Before he could take stock of the situation, the poacher fired at him and fled the scene. Rana was rushed to the hospital, where he died within minutes of arrival. ....

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