Cheetal: Journal of the Wildlife Preservation Society of India (October 1958 to July 2012)
Cheetal Vol. 11, No. 1
Journal
November 1968
Section titled 'Ourselves'. President's Speech at the 10th Annual General Meeting of WPSI and Inaugral Address at the 10th Annual General Meeting. Editorial Notes includes Crocodylus palustris, Research Projects, Animal Stories, The and Now: Himalayan Field Days, Bear Cat found in Assam, etc. Book Review of The Land and Wildlife of Africa (author Archie Carr), The Naked Ape (author Desmond Morris), The Land and the Wildlife of Tropical Asia (author S. Dillon Ripley), Great National Parks (author Richard Carrington), The Territorial Imperative (author Robert Ardrey) and Tigers (author P.D. Stracey). Section titled 'From the States' detailing Wildlife News/Notes from different States. Also includes articles IUCN, The Vanishing Rhino of India, Quo Vadis Felis Tigris?, Kashmir - A Sportsman's Paradise, The Goral of Benog, The Trapped Tiger of the Doon Shiwaliks, A Plant in Danger of Extinction, Govind Pashu Vihar, The Musk Deer of the Himalayas. Another section titled '(Reports) From the Sanctuaries' containing reports from Bandipur and Mudumalai. A section titled 'Student's Corner (containing Letter from the Doon School Wildlife Society, Big Game Shooting Rules and Regulations in U.P. and 'Answer Man'). Also includes Correspondence/Letters to the Editor, Obituaries (M.D. Chaturvedi, E.P. Gee, Dr. Durga Prasad and Rupa The Lioness), Announcement of Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship and Announcement of WPSI's Book Publications (Singha Parivar by M.D. Chaturvedi and Panther on the Prowl by M.D. Chaturvedi). Hindi article titled Prakriti aur Manav. Details of the Wild Life Preservation Society of India, Office Bearers, relevant illustrations, maps, Honorary Secretary's Report and Accounts, advertisements, and Application Form for membership are also published in the Journal.
Section titled 'Ourselves'. Editorial Notes includes Shooting Rules and Permits: Need for Publicity, Himalayan Wildllife, Himalayan Zoo for Himachal Pradesh, Then and Now, Books on Wildlife, E.P. Gee, The F.P.S. Tour, M.D. Chaturvedi, Forests Around Industrial Projects, Wanton Destruction of Forests around Durgapur, Zoologist from the German Demcractic Republic. Book Review of Panther on the Prowl (auhtor M.D. Chaturvedi), Serengeti Shall not Die (author Dr. Bernard Grzimek) and African Wildlife (author Franz A. Rodelberger and Vera Groschoff). Section titled 'From the States' detailing Wildlife News/Notes from different States. Also includes a poem titled A Legend from Lahul and articles Himalayan Notes (Dodital: Potential Sanctuary in Uttarkashi), The Ecology of Mysore Wild Mammals, Fishing Notes from the Doon, The Delhi Zoo, A Riddle fromthe Jungle, Jungle Plague, Preservatioon of the White Winged Wood Dock in Assam and IUCN. A section titled 'Student's Corner (containing 'Answer Man'). Also includes Correspondence/Letters to the Editor, Obituary (Dr. Baini Prashad), Library (list of books acquired and appeal to donate more), 'It Happened in Northern India', 'And How They Do it Elsewhere', Announcement of Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship and Announcement of WPSI's Book Publications (Singha Parivar by M.D. Chaturvedi and Panther on the Prowl by M.D. Chaturvedi). Hindi article titled Kaimre Dwaara Jangli Jaanwaron ki Shooting and Khunkhar Bagheron ka Dvand Darshan. Details of the Wild Life Preservation Society of India, Office Bearers, relevant illustrations, maps, list of new members joining during 1967-68 and 1968-69, advertisements, and Application Form for membership are also published in the Journal.
Foreword by President of IUCN. Congratulatory Messages for Cheetal and WPSI from President of India V.V. Giri, Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, Chairman of Indian Board of Wild Life Karan Singh, Chief of the Army Staff General SHFJ Manekshaw, Governors of Kerala, Maharashtra, Assam, Bihar, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Chief Ministers of Rajasthan, Mysore, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Inspector General of Forests of India and Chief Conservator of Forests, Princely Scions and Conservationists of various states. Section titled 'Ourselves'. President's Speech at the 11th Annual General Meeting of WPSI .Editorial Notes includes The Indian Board for Wild Life, Publicity and Literature, Poaching and Game Meat, Wild life Ecology Branch at the F.R.I., National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries, Wild Life Departments, State Wild Life Boards, Export of Animal Products, Tourism, Zoo Management, Bird Wing, Prime Minister's Letter to Chief Minister of States, Management and Preservation of Wild Life, Threatened Species, Research Projects, Swamp Deer, Tranquilisation Techniques and Floristic Studies. Book Review of Animal Twilight: Man and Game in Eastern Africa (author J.L. Cloudsley-Thompson), South America and Central America (author Jean Dorst), The Red Book: Wildlife in Danger (author James Fisher) and Vanishing Wild Animals of the World (author Richard Fitter). Also includes articles Wildlife Photography in India, A Mid-winter Wildfowl Count at Kaziranga, Wildlife in Canada's National Parks. The Southern Asiatic Gaur or Indian Bison, Story of the Lion Census, The Dudhwa Sanctuary, India's Wildlife Heritage Faces Extinction, Tiger Preservation, Kaziranga Through Sixteen years, Pugmarks of Tiger - A study in Movements, The White Tigers, Some Observations on the Feeding Habit and Predators of Peafowl in Saurashtra, Falconry, Transplanting of Indian Lion in Uttar Pradesh, The Jungle Fowl, The Tiger in Uttar Pradesh, Reproductive Patters of Some Indian Mammals, The Three Saddle-Backs, Himalayan Notes (The Ibex of Lahul - A Study in Seasonal Movements), Wildlife in the Himalayas - Threatened from Kashmir to Assam, The Endangered Crocodiles of India, The World Wildlife Fund comes to India.. . A section titled 'Student's Corner (containing 'Letter from Peter Lunn, Poona', 'Answer Man' and 'Strange Wold of Fishes'). Also includes Correspondence/Letters to the Editor and List of Journals received on Exchange Basis. Hindi article titled Jangli Hathiyon ke Beech. 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.
Section titled 'Ourselves'. Editorial Notes includes The IUCN Conference in New Delhi, The Big Cats, and The Indian Board of Wild Life. Book Review of The Twilight of India's Wild Life (author B. Seshadri), National Parks (author K.S. Sankhala), Wild life in India: Its Conservation and Control (author P.D. Stracey), Wilderness and Planty: The Reith Lectures (author Dr. Frank Fraser Darling) and WWF Indian National Appeal Newsletters No. 1 & No. 3 (author Zafar Futehally). Also includes articles Mule Safari to the Semien Mountains of Ethiopia in search of the Walia Ibex, The Detrimental Effects on Wildlife of the Crop Protections Guns in North Eastern Assam, The Great Indian Bustard: A vanishing species in India & some suggestions for its preservation, Role of Zoological Parks, Jungle Fowl Shooting, A Panther Encounter, Let Us Count Our Tigers, National Parks and Sanctuaries in Maharashtra, The White Tigers of Bihar, Tiger of the Terai with Special Reference to the Kheri Forests of U.P., and The Dainty Muntjac or Barking Deer. Hindi article titled Ramayan ke Pakshi. Also includes Library (list of books acquired and appeal to donate more), details of the Wild Life Preservation Society of India, Office Bearers, relevant illustrations, maps, list of new members joining during 1969-70, advertisements, and Application Form for membership.
Section titled 'About Ourselves' and Editorial. Book Review of Ramblings in Tigerland (author Sher Jung). Also includes articles Indian Wild Ass Surveys, Winter Track Census of Palamau National Park, The Tiger Tracer, A Monsoon Morning in Palamau, The Paradox in the Gir Lion Count, A First Encounter with a Makhna, Internvention in Poaching, The Sprightly Otters, J'Accuse - An Open Letter to the Prime Minister (and Comments on the Open Letter by S.R. Choudhury), and Tiger Population of the North East Indian Region. Hindi article titled Barasingha and Girgit. Also includes a news item, details of the Wild Life Preservation Society of India, Office Bearers, relevant illustrations, maps, list of New Books, advertisements, and Application Form for membership.
