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Nature’s Layers Unravelled – Encounters with birds, beasts, and relatives

Author: Arun Menon

Arun Menon has been intrigued by nature and wildlife since childhood. His day job keeps him crunching numbers but weekends are for nature getaways. He lives in Bangalore and was an enthusiastic volunteer with the Kenneth Anderson Nature Society, named for the author and hunter (later conservationist) who is considered the Jim Corbett of southern India. Terrified of snakes since childhood, he overcame his fear and now handles them with impunity.

Will Master Sprinter suffer the same fate as Mr. Stripes?

Arun MenonAugust 17, 2010May 3, 2012

Posted by Arun We all know it, it’s finally official. The Government of India has decided to import cheetahs to the country from Africa.  Indian Cheetahs had disappeared from the subcontinent by the end of the first half of the twentieth century after relentless persecution for decades. They were also…

To Urigam after 4 long months…

Arun MenonJuly 29, 2010May 3, 2012

A scene by the Cauvery Finally, after four months of inactivity, I got an opportunity to head once again to Urigam, along with some KANS* members (by now even I was one). This is the very same place I had been to for a ground survey a few months ago.…

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