Two held for hunting spotted deer
The Hindu
The Krishnagiri forest department arrested two persons on Friday for hunting a male spotted deer. According to forest officials, a team of personnel who were on anti-poaching patrol in the Kallavi res
The Krishnagiri forest department arrested two persons on Friday for hunting a male spotted deer.
According to forest officials, a team of personnel who were on anti-poaching patrol in the Kallavi reserve forest area nabbed two persons red-handed who were slaughtering a hunted deer. The accused, Karthikeyan and Sarvanan were daily wagers and a case was registered against them under the Wildlife Protection Act. Forest officials warned of stern action against those indulging in hunting here.
Aasheesh Pittie says birdwatching is not very unlike hunting, except that nothing is killed. “You track… you want to follow the bird… see it,” he says about this activity that he has pursued for nearly fifty years. Pittie, the editor of the ornithological journal Indian Birds, author of many classic reference books about birds and most recently, a collection of bird essays titled The Living Air: Pleasures of Birds and Birdwatching, was speaking at an event organised by the Archives of the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS).