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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. 12, No. 2 |
Abstract | 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. |
Author | Hari Dang (Editor), Malcolm Lyell, R.W. Scott, P.D. Gupta, K.L. Mehta, R.L. Holdsworth, Priti Debnath, S.R. Choudhury; S.S. Buit, Surendra Singh, Arjan Singh, M. Khader Hussain, Rajendra Bahadur Saxena, |
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; Bihar; Assam; Bengal; Rajasthan; Madhya Pradesh; Bihar; Madras; Mysore; Maharashtra; NEFA; Ethiopia; Corbett; Similipal; Tiger; White Tiger; Leopard; Panther; Cheetah; Porcupine; Boar; Bison; Gaur; Sambhar, Cheetal, Barasingha; Swamp Deer; Nilgai; Gazelle; Blackbuck; Chausingha; Barking Deer; Ungulates; Langur; Bear; Rhino; Elephant; Ibex; Bustard; Reptiles; Snakes; Birds; Fowl; WWF; IUCN |
Start Date “Period From” | May 1970 |
End Date “Period To” | May 1970 |
Extent | 106 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 |