By Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Birds in tropical climates face predators- larger birds, mammals and snakes- who rob their nests, stealing eggs or killing chicks. In a study published in The American Naturalist, scientists report a novel nesting strategy adopted by… Read More »The Birds are Not Stupid
By Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Animal con artists are so sophisticated that they make us look like amateurs. Mimicry – in appearance, scent, sound and behavior (for instance a harmless red milk snake will change its colors to look like a… Read More »Animal Con Artists
by Maneka Gandhi I have a vegetable garden. The monkeys take my brinjals, the parakeets take the chillies, the moles take the cauliflower, leaf curl gets my tomatoes, and squirrels come for some seeds. I get the mint, dhaniya and… Read More »Protecting Animals & the Vegetation
Scant attention is paid in Pakistan to subjects like environmental protection, water pricing, minority rights and wildlife conservation and even less to furthering literacy and planned parenthood. Wildlife in Pakistan is being decimated because of two reasons. First, there is… Read More »Former Chief Secretary GB, AJK, NWFP & Sindh Wakes Up After Retirement
Juan F. Masello never intended to study wild parrots. Twenty years ago, as a graduate student visiting the northernmost province of Patagonia in Argentina, he planned to write his dissertation on colony formation among seabirds. But when he asked around for… Read More »Parrots
Recently, the Indian Ministry of Health raided the kingpin of the illegal oxytocin trade in India. He is a lowly employee of the Municipal Corporation of Kolkata with 5 houses, and many godowns stuffed with oxytocin, and another illegal drug… Read More »Unchecked and Illegal Wildlife Trade Networks
The Balochistan Wildlife Department arrested four people on charges of poaching Suleman markhor in Shikarzai Takato area in March 2016. A team headed by a deputy conservator of the department made the arrest during a raid carried out on information… Read More »Markhors Remain Threatened
The Supreme Court on January 22, 2016 lifted a ban on the hunting of houbara bustard, a rare desert bird whose meat is prized among Arab sheikhs as an aphrodisiac. A five-member larger bench of the apex court headed by… Read More »Supreme Court Order Banning Houbara Bustard Hunting
As Lahore’s green cover slowly gives way to concrete structures and urban development, the city’s birds must find a place to go. And though there have been no surveys on the migration pattern or population of birds in Lahore, Dr… Read More »Number of Birds in Lahore is Fast Dwindling
Roadside signs may warn us of wildlife crossing these stretches of road, but if drivers rarely encounter animals, they can become habituated to the warnings. Flashing lights augmenting these signs can slow drivers, but they are most effective if used only… Read More »Changing Animal Behavior to Cross Roads
