Cheetal: Journal of the Wildlife Preservation Society of India (October 1958 to July 2012)
Cheetal Vol. 20, No. 2 & 3
Journal
December 1978
President's Speech and Speech delivered by the Chief Guest Shri B.P. Srivastava, Inspector General of Forests, Government of India on 14th January 1979 at the 20th Annual General Meeting of the Society. Editorial Notes includes sections on International Symposium on Tiger, Wildlife Experts, Project Tiger, Forest Policy and Falconry and the Arab Princes. Articles include Ecology of the Sundarbans Tiger with Particular Reference to Range of Habitats and Adaptability to Changes, Fauna of Corbett National Park - Part V, The Concept of Social Forestry and the Benefits Derived by the People, Eucalyptus and Environment, Biography of a Tiger - Part I, Tigers in the Wild - Their Distribution and Habitat Preferences, A Way to Estimate Number of Tigers and A Brief Note on Project Tiger, Bandipur, Karnataka - Part I. A Note on Occurence of the Nepal Dark Finch at Jogeshwar near Almora (U.P.), Details of the Wild Life Preservation Society of India, Office Bearers, relevant illustrations, maps, advertisements, and Application Form for membership are also published in the Journal.
President's Speech on the 21st Annual General (Business) Meeting of the Society. Articles include Bird Study in India: Its History and Importance, A Brief Note on Project Tiger, Bandipur, Karnataka - Part II, Fauna of Corbett National Park - Part VI, Status of the Tiger in Gujarat State, Description of a new subspecies of a cyprinid and a new distributional record of sciaenid from Poonam river, a tributary of river Ganga near Patna (Bihar), Recovery of Wild Buffalo from Panna, Vertebral Anomaly in the Catfish, Population Status of Indian Blackbuck and Spotted Deer ini Ballavpur Wild Life Sanctuary, West Bengal and United Nations Environment Programme: New Warnings on the Global Environment. Note on White Tigers in Indian Zoos, Details of the Wild Life Preservation Society of India, Office Bearers, relevant illustrations advertisements, and Application Form for membership are also published in the Journal.
WPSI; Dehradun; National Park; Wild Life Sanctuary; Preservation; Conservation; Conservationist; Sportsman; Shooting; Shikar; Shikari; Poaching; Poacher; Hunting; Hunter; Game; Fishing; Wild Life; Wildlife; Forests; Jungle; Forest Department; Himalayas; Madhya Pradesh; Uttar Pradesh; Bihar; Orissa; Bengal; Karnataka; Gujarat; Kumaon; Ganga; Dangs; Panna; Gangau; Kanha; Corbett; Bandipur; Sunderbans; Tiger; Lion; Leopard; Panther; Dhole; Wild Dog; Boar; Bison; Gaur; Elephant; Sambhar; Cheetal; Spotted Deer; Wild Buffalo; Barking Deer; Langur; Blackbuck; Chinkara; Nilgai, Four Horned Antelope; Ungulates; Reptiles; Amphibians; Fishes; Snakes; Birds; Tourism; Ministry of Tourism; Project Tiger; WWF; IUCN; Census; International Symposium on Tiger; Asad Memorial Lecture; Ornithology; Book of Indian Birds; M.K. Ranjitsinh; United Nations; UNEP; Pests
Editorial titled World Conservation Strategy Launch. Articles include White Tiger Breeding - Its Economic Potentialities, Two New Distributional Records of Snakes from the Dun Valley and the Corbett National Park, Uttar Pradesh, Result of Lion Census - 12th to 17th May, 1979, The Core Areas of Project Tiger, Conservation of Swamp Forests for Wildlife, Origin of The False Notion, Taxonomic Account and Field Observations on the Biology of Nemachilus rupicola (McClelland) in Doon Valley, Fauna of Corbett National Park - Part VII, Mathematical Theory to Study the Ecological Balance and Conjugation Principle of Wild Animals in any Closed Environment, Tiger Census in Gujarat State - April, 1979 and Rajasthan Tiger Reserves. Book Review of The Wildlife of Ladakh (author J.N. Ganhar). A note titled Musk Deer Breeds in Captivity, Details of the Wild Life Preservation Society of India, Office Bearers, relevant illustrations, advertisements, and Application Form for membership are also published in the Journal.
Editorial titled Prime Minister on Environment. Articles include The Kheri Maneaters, A Study on Statistical Ecology of Crocodilus Porosus in Estuarine Tract of Sunderbans, Wild Encounters on the Darjeeling Himalayas, Wildlife and its Conservation in Gujarat State, Fauna of Corbett National Park - Part VIII, Comments on 'The Kheri Maneaters' (and Replies to these Comments by authors of original article) and A Simple Method for Capture of Live Lizards. Hindi article titled Pakshiyon ka Antarashtriya Milan Sthal, Bharatpur. A Review of various Book Reviews of Tiger! The Story of the Indian Tiger (author Kailash Sankhala). A note on Great Indian Bustard, a letter titled "Do Leopards Use Their Whiskers as Wind Detectors", a letter by S.R. Choudhury on Raza H. Tehsin's article in previous issue. Details of the Wild Life Preservation Society of India, Office Bearers, relevant illustrations, maps, advertisements, and Application Form for membership are also published in the Journal.
Messages from Indira Gandhi and Rao Birendra Singh on efforts to preserve Great Indian Bustard. Editorial titled Rao Birendra Singh Releases 'GIB' Sticker. Articles include The Bustard in India, A Litte Success for the Big Bird, First Succesful Captive Breeding of the Great Bustard, Why Great Indian Bustard?, Arabian Bustard Expedition, April 1977, Her Name are Many, How Many Bustards?, Bane of Conservaton - The Pretentious Preacher, Game Farming and Harvesting of Wildlife Products through Village Panchayats and Tribal Cooperatives, Kokkre Bellur Pelicanry, African Ivory Trade in India, Birds-Eye View of Australian Birds, Ecosystem of Butterflies in a Region and Vanishing Glory of Shivpur District - The Great Indian Bustard. A letter from Arjan SIngh to S.R. Choudhury on The Kheri Man-eaters, Details of the Wild Life Preservation Society of India, Office Bearers, relevant illustrations, maps, Appeal to Society memebers, advertisements, and Application Form for membership are also published in the Journal.
