Big Cats, Trivandrum Zoo

As is the tradition, we made it to the Trivandrum Zoo this year too. 

Snaps of the big cats at the zoo . . .

I'm sure this is a rare sight . . . 

Tiger spotted . . .

We've great news in the wildlife front from the Palamu Tiger Reserve, which is about 10 miles from our place. Newspapers reported today about a tiger being snapped up by the automatic camera within the reserve. 

English translation: The camera trap at Palamu Tiger Reserve, Betla took the snap of a tiger on last Sunday at 9:41 pm. The forest staff has identified the tiger to be 'Maharaja'. Previous to this, the camera trap had photographed a tiger on 21st February. Over the last 2 months, tigers have been spotted thrice in the Betla National Park. It is difficult to comment on how many tigers are there. But there are tigers here.

By the way, we would going there along with the students from the Christian Medical College, Vellore sometime this week. The students are visiting us for a week under the secondary hospital program. Dr. Shubhankar Mitra from Medicine 4 is the consultant in charge.   

Corbett . . . Assorted snaps . . .

Snaps taken at Ramnagar, Uttarakhand . . .On the fringes of the Corbett National Park.


A contraption found inside the AC compartment in the train from Delhi to Ramnagar. Most probably, a thing to keep rat poison. Did not look like a rat trap. However, complex name - RODENT BAIT STATION

The cute Ramnagar railway station

A wild elephant seen outside the National Park areas

On the way to the safari . . .

One of the many peacokcks we saw . . .

Langurs . . . Looked more healthy and graceful than the ones at NJH . . .

Roads . . .

Wild fowl . . .

Driving under a fallen tree . . .

Tiger footprints . . .

Peacock footprints . . . Looked like a scene in Jurassic park . . .

Tiger claw marks . . . Marking the territory . . .

Monitor lizard . . . Going after the brandy bottle. Littering . . .a major problem in National Parks all over the world

Although we scoured the park for the elusive tiger, we could not spot one. . . Well, you can get more pictures of the place especially those of birds from one of my very senior colleagues who is an avid photographer . . .

Leopards sighted in Betla

Hello everybody. Great news for wildlife enthusiasts from the Palamu Tiger Reserve. There have been confirmed sightings of leopards through trap cameras in the Betla National Park. According to latest estimates there are about 14 of them now in the park and there are also reports of sighting of wild dogs.

 

Couple of weeks back we had been at the park. The guides were telling us that there is a good possibility of animals coming back to the park now as the rains have been quite good and the vegetation has become quite thick. There has been news of half a dozen tigers being sighted in the Tiger Reserve area of the National Park

I hope that the wildlife authorities will build up on this advantage and promote the park as well as take steps to retain wildlife even when there is a crunch situation like a drought. The possibilities for wildlife conservation are immense in this region and I hope that the government and the wildlife enthusiasts will take interest. Below is the newspaper clipping regarding the news of the leopard sightings.

So, friends, another reason to visit us during the Golden Jubilee celebrations or being part of us for a short duration of time or maybe for a lifetime.