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Name of the Collection | Cheetal: The Journal of the Wild Life Preservation Society of India |
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Folder/Categories | Journal |
Sub-folder/Sub-category | |
File No. /Acc. No. | Vol. 10, No. 2 |
Abstract | Section titled 'Ourselves' which includes Appeal for Membership and Wild Life in the Doon. President's Speech at the 9th Annual General Meeting of WPSI. Editorial Notes includes The Annual General Meetings, Membership, Then and Now, Lessons from an Elephant Story, Extinction or Survival, Migrating Mahaseer, Fish Destruction, The Tiger-skin Market and Amateurs in Conservation. Book Review of The Deer and the Tiger (author George Schaller), Elephant People (author Dennis Holman), Tryst with Tigers (author Sher Jung) and Reade: Elephant Hunter (author P.D. Stracey). Section titled 'From the States' detailing Wildlife News/Notes from different States. Also includes articles World Wild Life Fund, Morges, The Gir Lion, For the Wildfowler - V, The Courtshio of the Indian Porcupine, Studies on Biology and Ecology of Common Rock Lizard in the Doon, A. Imam's Account of the slaying of the Ramgiri Udaygiri man-eating Tiger, Wild Life in Madras State, Wild Life in Palamau, A suggested technique to determine whether Pea Fowl eat Jungle fowl eggs, Fledgelings of the Dusky Horned Owl, The Young of the Indian Long-Tailed Tree Mouse, Zoo Management, Special Report: The Wild Life Organisation in Dehra Dun and Tiger Tracks. Another section titled '(Reports) From the Sanctuaries' containing reports from Kaziranga, Point Calimere Sanctuary, Rajaji and Corbett Park. A section titled 'Student's Corner (containing An Indian Profession which has very nearly Passed Away, and A visit to Corbett). Also includes Correspondence/Letters to the Editor, Library Donation Appeal, 'It Happened in Northern India', 'And How They Do it Elsewhere'. Hindi article titled Prakriti ka rahasya. 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. |
Author | Hari Dang (Editor), R.S. Dharmakumarsinhji, M.J.S. Mackenzie, M. Khader Hussain, R.K. Bhatnagar, A. Imam, M.A. Badshah, L.K. Pandey, R.K. Bhatnagar and R.C. Walmer, H. Khajuria, Biren Ghose, R.S. Bhadauri, R.N. Misra, R.D. Singh, Karanjev Singh, Kamal Prasad, Vikram K. Bedi, Triloki Nath |
Recipient | WWF-India, New Delhi (India) |
Keywords | WPSI; Dehradun; National Park; Wild Life Sanctuary; Preservation; Conservation; Conservationist; Sportsman; Shooting; Shikar; Shikari; Poaching; Poacher; Hunting; Hunter; Game; Big Game; Fishing; Angling; Fishes; Wild Life; Forests; Jungle; Forest Department; Himalayas; Uttar Pradesh; Himachal Pradesh; Haryana; Delhi; Assam; Bengal; Gujarat; Maharashtra; Rajasthan; Madhya Pradesh; Bihar; Madras; Kerala; Mysore; Jammu and Kashmir; Kaziranga; Manas; Palamau; Neyyar; Africa; Tiger; Lion; Leopard; Panther; Porcupine; Boar; Bison; Gaur; Sambhar, Cheetal, Barasingha; Swamp Deer; Nilgai; Gazelle; Blackbuck; Deer; Ungulates; Langur; Bear; Rhino; Elephant; Reptiles; Snakes; Birds; Fowl; Corbett; E.P. Gee; C.G. Crawlley, T.N.P. Singh, Pratap Singh, Van Ingen & Van Ingen, P.D. Stracey; M. Krishan; WWF; IUCN; Indian Board of Wild Life |
Start Date “Period From” | May 1968 |
End Date “Period To” | May 1968 |
Extent | 125 pp. |
Item type/Format | Soft Copy/PDF Image Text File |
Language | English, Hindi |
Remarks | |
Source/Link | Divyabhanusinh Chavda of WWF-India, New Delhi |
Donor | WWF-India |
Donation Date | 2019 |
Custodian | Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, India |
Right/Copyright | Donor |