Leopard Takes Sleeping Dog on Camera in Mumbai!

[brihacharan]

Gazelle escapes attack by two Cheetahs!

> This morning's Times of India - Mumbai edition, carried this story with sequential pics...
1. The Gazelle pursued by two Cheetahs comes across a passing SUV with one window open...
2. Gazelle leaps through the open window to the inside of the SUV...
3. The alert passenger opens the window across through which the Gazelle escapes
> The real life story of the unbelievable dependence & empathy between Man & Animal
Briha

[Vikram]

Gazelle escapes attack by two Cheetahs!

> This morning's Times of India - Mumbai edition, carried this story with sequential pics...
1. The Gazelle pursued by two Cheetahs comes across a passing SUV with one window open...
2. Gazelle leaps through the open window to the inside of the SUV...
3. The alert passenger opens the window across through which the Gazelle escapes
> The real life story of the unbelievable dependence & empathy between Man & Animal
Briha

Lucky for them that the cheetah did not follow the gazelle into the SUV. Now that's a thought !

I believe that happened in Krueger National Park in South Africa.


Best-
Vikram

[essdee1972]

A government which cannot, or will not, remove slums in an area from where you can bring down a Boeing 747 with an airgun. Do we actually expect this government to care for leopards? (please note this is not about "a" government, i.e. one party or the other, but on our government as a whole, irrespective of which party is getting their Swiss accounts fattened).

Which undiluted imbecile decided to have a city and a national park cheek by jowl anyway?

[fantumfan2003]

A government which cannot, or will not, remove slums in an area from where you can bring down a Boeing 747 with an airgun. Do we actually expect this government to care for leopards? (please note this is not about "a" government, i.e. one party or the other, but on our government as a whole, irrespective of which party is getting their Swiss accounts fattened).

Which undiluted imbecile decided to have a city and a national park cheek by jowl anyway?

The Kanheri caves have been there for ages so this chicken or egg is easy. Looking at the brighter side. We ought to take pride in the fact that we have a forest in the middle of the city. This aspect is highlighted but not adequately by fellow conservationists. It can be a USP for promoting tourism but has to be done right.

The oldest "human populations" I can remember are,
1)encroachments and slums by people from the south in early sixties and
2)plots allotted to and houses built by BMC clerks. The lottery for plots was meant for everyone working in the BMC in the early and mid seventies but somehow only the clerks got all the allotments

So I guess it is safe to pin the blame on the BMC.

M.

Which undiluted imbecile decided to have a city and a national park cheek by jowl anyway?

[fantumfan2003]

While we are on the topic.....let me do some publicity for the leopards of Mumbai and their home, the Borivli National Park.

http://www.mumbaikarsforsgnp.com/index.htm

http://www.mumbaikarsforsgnp.com/docs/M ... nglish.pdf

M.