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Cheetal Vol. 6, No. 1
Journal
October 1963
Section titled 'Ourselves'. Editorial Notes includes The Orissa Dragnet, Commercialised Shikar, Bombing of Fish and Mountain Fauna. Book Review of Uhru and a poem titled Tiger! Tiger! You'll be Mine. Also includes articles Silence, Speech of His Highness the Maharaja of Nabha on the occasion of 5th Annual General Meeting, Speech of Shri S.S. Negi, Mr. Nez-khora, The Great Cats, A Cat has Nine Lives, A Wild Life Conversation, The Cause - As Before, Shooting Macqueens Bustard in Arabia, The Black Himalayan Mauler, Distribution and Migration of Tor Putitora, Status of the Nilgiri Thar Census by the Nilgiri Wild Life Association, Wild Life of the Everest Region. Also includes Letters to the Editor, Children's Corner (Tragedy at Chandbagh), 'It Happened in Northern India', 'And How They Do it Elsewhere' and Acknowledgements. Section advertising recently published book 'Elephant Gold'. Hindi article titled Jangli Haathi and Sherni aur Bacche .Details of the Wild Life Preservation Society of India, Office Bearers, List of members, Honorary Secretary's Report, relevant illustrations, maps, 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; Game; Big Game; Fishing; Angling; Fishes; Wild Life; Forests; Jungle; Forest Department; Himalayas; Himachal Pradesh; Uttar Pradesh; Orissa; Wankaner; Dodital; Nilgiri; Africa, Swahili, Fauna; Cats; Tiger; Lion; Cheetah; Leopard; Panther; Sambhar; Barking Deer; Elephant; Makhna; Musk Deer; Black Bear; Ibex, Swamp Deer; Thar; Bison; Black Buck; Wild Buffalo; Birds; Jungle Fowl; Mahseer; Bombay Natural History Society; Audborn; Annual General Meeting; F.R.I., R.D. Singh, P.D. Stracey
English, Hindi
95 pp.
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Cheetal Vol. 6, No. 2
Journal
April 1964
Section titled 'Ourselves'. Editorial Notes includes The Society's Research Programme, The Elephant Problem, and River Valley Projects and the Future of Sporting Fish . Book Review of Elephant Gold (author P.D. Stracey) and Shikar (author Jamshed Butt), poems titled Helpful Hints Whereever you Travel and Wings. Also includes articles Wild Life in Great Britain and India, Wild Life of one World, And 'Flame' is the Falcon, Extracts from Annual Report of The Nilgiri Wild Life Association, For the Wildfowler-I, Human Baby Tempts Brown Bear, Preliminaries on Relative Toxicity of certain Indigenous Plans on Fresh Water Fishes in the Doon, The Audborn Society, To Keep This Earth Habitatble. Miscellaneous Notes section includes Corbett Memorial Prize Project Essay 1964, Wild Life Terminology and Nomenclature, Wild Life Stamps and Wildlife News/Notes from different States. Also includes Correspondence (Letter to the Editor), Who's Who in Wild Life Preservation (detailing the life of R.L. Holdsworth), 'It Happened in Northern India', 'And How They Do it Elsewhere' and Obituary (Jawahar Lal Nehru). Hindi article titled Bharat mein Vanya Jeev Gardna and Sher jo Ped par Chadh Gaya .Details of the Wild Life Preservation Society of India, Office Bearers, List of new members, An Appeal by Society, relevant illustrations, maps, 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; Game; Big Game; Fishing; Angling; Fishes; Wild Life; Forests; Jungle; Forest Department; Himalayas; Himachal Pradesh; Uttar Pradesh; Orissa; Bengal; Maharashtra; Kashmir; Assam, Bihar; Moyar; Surguja, Bansda; Dangs; Africa Tiger; Leopard; Panther; Rusty-spotted Cat; Snow Leopard; Clouded Leopard; Red Bear; Black Bear; Wild Dogs; Ibex; Markhor; Thar; Bharal; Cheetal; Musk Deer; Tibetan Gazelle; Tibetan Antelope; Bear; Bison; Elephant; Hare; Wild Cats; Mongoose; Otters; Sambhar; Barking Deer; Brown Bear; Birds; Jungle Fowl; Duck; Hawks; Pheasant; Mahseer; Audborn Society; Gee; Maharaja of Bansda; Maharaja Saran Singh Deo; Don Lutz; Izvestia
English, Hindi
90 pp.
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Cheetal Vol. 7, No. 1
Journal
October 1964
Section titled 'Ourselves'. Welcome Speech by His Highness the Maharaja of Nabha at its 6th Annual General Meeting. Editorial Notes includes Elephants Again, Rampaging Elephants, Reports from National Parks and Sanctuaries, Death of a Rhino, Corbett Prize Project 1964 and Place Names. Section titled 'From the States' detailing Wildlife News/Notes from different States. Book Review of The Wild Life of India (author E.P. Gee) and This is the Jungle (author Kenneth Anderson). Also includes articles The Shedding of Antlers by Cheetal Deer, Appeal to the Army, Wild Life in Open Country - I (The Black Buck), The Himalayas Wild Life Research Project: First Report, The Bird of Kings, A Natural Sanctuary in Northern India (Nanda Devi and the Rishiganga Basin), Wild Cattle in Northern India, Animal Veneration in Ancient Egypt, Notes on Tiger Shikar, The Grey Pelican, Custom-Built Guns. Section titled World Wild Life Information includes Britain to Control Imports of Rare Wild Animals, India's Animal Exports, Indian Zoos and Chinese Trade in Himalayan Animal-Pets. Also includes Correspondence/Letter to the Editor (titled Eyewash, Let Right be Done, The Indian Board for Wild Life, Elephants, UP Shikaris kill 28 elephants, etc.), Library Appeal, 'It Happened in Northern India', 'And How They Do it Elsewhere', The Editor has Noted and Honorary Secretary's Report at the Annual General Meeting. Hindi article titled Pakshiyon ki Pukaaren aur maanav ki vyavastha. 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.
WPSI; Dehradun; National Park; Wild Life Sanctuary; Preservation; Conservation; Conservationist; Sportsman; Shooting; Shikar; Shikari; Poaching; Poacher; Hunting; Game; Big Game; Fishing; Angling; Fishes; Wild Life; Forests; Jungle; Forest Department; Himalayas; Himachal Pradesh; Uttar Pradesh; Orissa; Madhya Pradesh; Mysore; Madras; Andhra Pradesh; Bengal; Rajasthan; Rajaji; Kanha; Dachigam; Jaldapara; Manas; Almora; Tarai; Dandakaranya; Hazaribagh; Rewa; Britain; Tiger; White Tiger; Leopard; Panther; Cat; Snow Leopard; Fox; Dogs; Ibex; Markhor; Thar; Bharal; Cheetal; Musk Deer; Tibetan Gazelle; Tibetan Antelope; Ghoral; Serow; Red Bear; Takin; Bison; Elephant; Sambhar; Barking Deer; Shou; Rhino; Birds; Jungle Fowl; Duck; Hawks; Pheasant; Falcon; Reptiles; Mahseer; Army; Gee; P.D. Stracey; Humayun Adbulali; M.K. Munshi; C.N. Rana; T.A. Tobit; M.P. Singh; Mukul Chaterjee; Ranger; Guard
English, Hindi
90 pp.
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Cheetal Vol. 7, No. 2
Journal
April 1965
Section titled 'Ourselves'. Editorial Notes includes Non-Utilisation of Resources and Variations upon a Theme. Section titled 'From the States' detailing Wildlife News/Notes from different States. Book Review of Call of the Tiger (author M.M. Ismail) and The World of the Tiger (author Richard Perry). Also includes articles Notes on Mahseer, The Mahseer's Greatest Fight, Letter from M. Krishnan, How to distinguish age in Partridges, The Nilgiri Wild Life Association, Development Projects and Wild Life Conservation, For the Wildfowler-II, Falconry - The Sparrowhawks - I. Illustration titled Chinkar or Blackbuck on the hybrid of the two antelopes. Also includes Correspondence/Letter to the Editor, Library Appeal (along with list of books acquired by Library), 'It Happened in Northern India', 'And How They Do it Elsewhere', Errata. Hindi article titled Pakshiyon mein Bahupatitva. 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.
WPSI; Dehradun; National Park; Wild Life Sanctuary; Preservation; Conservation; Conservationist; Sportsman; Shooting; Shikar; Shikari; Poaching; Poacher; Hunting; Game; Big Game; Fishing; Angling; Fishes; Wild Life; Forests; Jungle; Forest Department; Himalayas; Uttar Pradesh; Kerala; Madras; Orissa; Rajasthan; Ootacamund; Bharatpur; Bhutan; Tiger; Leopard; Panther; Deer; Bear; Otter; Wild Dog; Nilgai; Jackal; Wild Cat; Pine Marten; Porcupine; Elephant; Mouse Deer; Cheetal; Chinkara; Black Buck; Birds; Fowl; Duck; Hawk; Partridge; Falcon; Falconry; Mahseer; Indian Board of Wild Life; World Wild Life Fund; Bomay Natural History Society; R.W. Scott; Lakshman Singh; K.R.P. Rao; S.K. Lall; P. Townsend Sinclair; Humayun Abdulali
English, Hindi
81 pp.
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Cheetal Vol. 8, No. 1
Journal
October 1965
Section titled 'Ourselves'. Welcome Speech by His Highness the Maharaja of Nabha at its 7th Annual General Meeting. Editorial Notes includes International Assitance for Indian Wild Life, The Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Zoological Gardens in the Mountains. Book Review of The Passing of the Forest Gods (author Augustus Somerville), Birds of Prey of the World (author Mary Louise Grossman and John Hamlet), The Book of Indian Animals (author S.H. Prater) and Tiger Country (author Norah Burke). Also includes a poem titled The Rapture and articles Census Techniques in Wild Life Management, Humane Destruction of Elephants, For the Wildfowler - III, Falconry - The Sparrowhawk - II, Exploitation of Forests in Parks and Sanctuaries, The Gir Lion, A Novel Method for the Capture of the Indian Flying Fox, A note on the Wild Life of Uttar Pradesh, Detailed notes on the use of tranquilisers and anesthetics with the help fo Flying Syringe, Research on Development of National Park (Shivpuri), The Cheetah, Wildlife Deserts and New Trends. A section titled 'New Trends' with details of meetings of Indian Board of Wild Life, Uttar Pradesh Wild Life Board and Wild Life Preservation in the Planning Commission, and visit of IUCN Delegation to India. Also includes Correspondence/Letter to the Editor (includes Snakes eat Fish, Black Buck, etc.), Library (list of books acquired and appeal to donate more), 'It Happened in Northern India', 'And How They Do it Elsewhere', Honorary Secretary's Report and Auditor's Report. Hindi article titled Maut ke munh mein. 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.
WPSI; Dehradun; National Park; Wild Life Sanctuary; Preservation; Conservation; Conservationist; Sportsman; Shooting; Shikar; Shikari; Poaching; Poacher; Hunting; Game; Big Game; Fishing; Angling; Fishes; Wild Life; Forests; Jungle; Forest Department; Himalayas; Uttar Pradesh; Madhya Pradesh; Nagaland; Shivpuri; Gir; Barda; Census; Pugmark; Rifle; Tiger; Leopard; Panther; Lion; Asiatic Cheetah; Deer; Bear; Snow Leopard; Musk Deer; Ibex; Thar; Kashmir Stag; Hangul; Sikkim Stag; Serow; Takin; Black Buck; Gaur; Bison; Birds; Fowl; Duck; Hawk; Falcon; Falconry; Mahseer; Zamindari; Indian Board of Wild Life; Uttar Pradesh State Wild Life Board; IUCN; R.D. Singh; V.S. Sirohi; Dr. T.H. Bossett; D.N. Mazumdar; K. Prasad; Kamal Prasad; R.C. Soni; V.C. Shukla; M.D. Chaturvedi; Maharaja of Baroda; Rukmani Devi; Seshachar; D.N. Banerjee; J.C. Mathur; Gee; Schaller
English, Hindi
112 pp.
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