Book Excerpt: The Tigers Who Press Faces To Mine For A Kiss
Book Excerpts | Swati Thiyagarajan | Wednesday August 26, 2020
Exclusive excerpt from 'Born Wild: Journeys into the Wild Hearts of India and Africa' by Swati Thiyagarajan
Blog: When A Pregnant Elephant Dies After Days In Agony
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Friday June 5, 2020
A pregnant elephant dies after eating a pineapple loaded with firecrackers. It's an agonizing death. She stands for days in water with her head submerged, trying to cool her hurt mouth; ultimately, she drowns.
Blog: India's Great News For The World - More Tigers
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Monday July 29, 2019
The tiger as an umbrella species stands as the symbol of protection of our ecological future.
Blog: The Cruel, Unnecessary Death Of A Beautiful Whale Looks Like This
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Thursday June 13, 2019
If you are caught harassing a whale, you can be fined up to 18 lakh rupees. However, it seems if you kill them with a fishery, it costs you nothing.
Blog: Viral Video Of Indian Elephants' "Funeral Procession" For Calf
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Tuesday June 11, 2019
Perhaps what this recent video can teach us is to stop only seeing ourselves and our issues as the centre of the world and understand that everyone of us shares a space with every other non human animal on this the living planet.
Blog: Our Inhumane Practices For Elephants Cause Deaths Like This
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Monday December 17, 2018
If longer term solutions that fit with elephant ecology and local people needs are not worked out, this conflict is only going to get worse.
Blog: All You Should Know About That Big Climate Meet, COP 24
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Tuesday December 4, 2018
We are living on the borrowed future of coming generations and the poorest of our poor. Perhaps COP 24 could be the first step forward in changing this.
Blog: The Killing Of An American Missionary By Andaman Tribe
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Saturday November 24, 2018
It is essential to recognise not just the right but the need to leave indigenous people alone, to not literally invade their space. Let us stick to boundaries and respect them.
Blog: With New Tiger Death, Odisha Proves It Has Learnt Nothing
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Saturday November 17, 2018
Three days ago, the Odisha Forest department announced that the three-year-old tiger brought all the way to the Satkosia Tiger Reserve from the Kanha national park in Madhya Pradesh, a distance of 600 kms, had died three months after completing the journey. The tiger designated as T1 was publicly known as Mahaveer.
Blog: Tigress Avni Shot Dead, Many Unanswered Questions
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Saturday November 3, 2018
The death of a tigress in her prime is always a tragedy, no matter the circumstances that surround it. T1, popularly known as Avni, was shot dead at 11.35 pm on Friday night. In the bigger picture, as I wrote earlier ((hyperlink to earlier piece)), T1 shot or captured alive was dead to conservation goals the day she was marked for removal from the ...
As Hunt For Avni The Tigress Grows, Her Future Is Already Over
India News | Written by Swati Thiyagarajan | Tuesday October 16, 2018
Officially, she is T1, a deadly tigress weighing about 300 pounds believed responsible for 13 deaths over the last 2 years as she prowls through the forests of Yavatmal in Maharashtra. But to people who want to save her, she is Avni, meaning The Earth.
Vaccine Drive To Save Gir's Lions Raises Questions
India News | Reported by Swati Thiyagarajan, Edited by Anuj Pant | Monday October 8, 2018
Gujarat forest officials have begun vaccinating lions in the Gir sanctuary after the sudden death of around 23 lions in the past three weeks because of the deadly Canine Distemper Virus or CDV.
Blog: The Shocking, Tragic Deaths Of 13 Gir Lions
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Friday September 28, 2018
Lion fights are messy and injuries to their bodies would be immediately obvious. So it begs the question of why there are no definitive answers for the deaths when infighting is the main explanation given by the forest department. The department has admitted to the presence of an infection in the liver and lungs of some of the lions in their press ...
Blog: What The Thai Boys' Rescue Says About All Of Us
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Thursday July 12, 2018
And what we have found, if we can just hold onto it, is that part of us that works with community, the part that puts someone else ahead of ourselves, the part that gives while asking nothing in return. It can change the world in the doing.
Blog: Why Delhi Will Have No Water At All In 2020
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Monday June 25, 2018
This is not the moment to not know what we have lost till it's gone. This is the moment to do something.
Environment Needs To Be Protected Through Cycling, Says Lee Feldman Of Bycs
May 2, 2020
Lions: The Last Stand?
Oct 20, 2018
Vaccine Drive To Save Gir's Lions Raises Questions
Oct 8, 2018
Cape Town Crisis Worsens, Water Rationing Put In Place
Feb 2, 2018
Born Wild: Is It Now Or Never?
Nov 5, 2017
Born Wild: The Big And The Small Of Conservation
Oct 28, 2017
Born Wild: Gods Who Walk Amongst Us (Part 2)
Oct 21, 2017
Asian Elephants: Gods Who Walk Amongst Us (Part 1)
Oct 14, 2017
Born Wild: Rivers Of Life
Sep 24, 2017
Born Wild: In The Footsteps Of The Ghost.
Sep 16, 2017
Born Wild: Sharing Spaces With The Leopards
Sep 10, 2017
What Does A Sloth Bear Want: The Bear Necessities
Sep 2, 2017
Book Excerpt: The Tigers Who Press Faces To Mine For A Kiss
Book Excerpts | Swati Thiyagarajan | Wednesday August 26, 2020
Exclusive excerpt from 'Born Wild: Journeys into the Wild Hearts of India and Africa' by Swati Thiyagarajan
Blog: When A Pregnant Elephant Dies After Days In Agony
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Friday June 5, 2020
A pregnant elephant dies after eating a pineapple loaded with firecrackers. It's an agonizing death. She stands for days in water with her head submerged, trying to cool her hurt mouth; ultimately, she drowns.
Blog: India's Great News For The World - More Tigers
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Monday July 29, 2019
The tiger as an umbrella species stands as the symbol of protection of our ecological future.
Blog: The Cruel, Unnecessary Death Of A Beautiful Whale Looks Like This
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Thursday June 13, 2019
If you are caught harassing a whale, you can be fined up to 18 lakh rupees. However, it seems if you kill them with a fishery, it costs you nothing.
Blog: Viral Video Of Indian Elephants' "Funeral Procession" For Calf
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Tuesday June 11, 2019
Perhaps what this recent video can teach us is to stop only seeing ourselves and our issues as the centre of the world and understand that everyone of us shares a space with every other non human animal on this the living planet.
Blog: Our Inhumane Practices For Elephants Cause Deaths Like This
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Monday December 17, 2018
If longer term solutions that fit with elephant ecology and local people needs are not worked out, this conflict is only going to get worse.
Blog: All You Should Know About That Big Climate Meet, COP 24
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Tuesday December 4, 2018
We are living on the borrowed future of coming generations and the poorest of our poor. Perhaps COP 24 could be the first step forward in changing this.
Blog: The Killing Of An American Missionary By Andaman Tribe
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Saturday November 24, 2018
It is essential to recognise not just the right but the need to leave indigenous people alone, to not literally invade their space. Let us stick to boundaries and respect them.
Blog: With New Tiger Death, Odisha Proves It Has Learnt Nothing
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Saturday November 17, 2018
Three days ago, the Odisha Forest department announced that the three-year-old tiger brought all the way to the Satkosia Tiger Reserve from the Kanha national park in Madhya Pradesh, a distance of 600 kms, had died three months after completing the journey. The tiger designated as T1 was publicly known as Mahaveer.
Blog: Tigress Avni Shot Dead, Many Unanswered Questions
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Saturday November 3, 2018
The death of a tigress in her prime is always a tragedy, no matter the circumstances that surround it. T1, popularly known as Avni, was shot dead at 11.35 pm on Friday night. In the bigger picture, as I wrote earlier ((hyperlink to earlier piece)), T1 shot or captured alive was dead to conservation goals the day she was marked for removal from the ...
As Hunt For Avni The Tigress Grows, Her Future Is Already Over
India News | Written by Swati Thiyagarajan | Tuesday October 16, 2018
Officially, she is T1, a deadly tigress weighing about 300 pounds believed responsible for 13 deaths over the last 2 years as she prowls through the forests of Yavatmal in Maharashtra. But to people who want to save her, she is Avni, meaning The Earth.
Vaccine Drive To Save Gir's Lions Raises Questions
India News | Reported by Swati Thiyagarajan, Edited by Anuj Pant | Monday October 8, 2018
Gujarat forest officials have begun vaccinating lions in the Gir sanctuary after the sudden death of around 23 lions in the past three weeks because of the deadly Canine Distemper Virus or CDV.
Blog: The Shocking, Tragic Deaths Of 13 Gir Lions
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Friday September 28, 2018
Lion fights are messy and injuries to their bodies would be immediately obvious. So it begs the question of why there are no definitive answers for the deaths when infighting is the main explanation given by the forest department. The department has admitted to the presence of an infection in the liver and lungs of some of the lions in their press ...
Blog: What The Thai Boys' Rescue Says About All Of Us
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Thursday July 12, 2018
And what we have found, if we can just hold onto it, is that part of us that works with community, the part that puts someone else ahead of ourselves, the part that gives while asking nothing in return. It can change the world in the doing.
Blog: Why Delhi Will Have No Water At All In 2020
Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan | Monday June 25, 2018
This is not the moment to not know what we have lost till it's gone. This is the moment to do something.
Environment Needs To Be Protected Through Cycling, Says Lee Feldman Of Bycs
May 2, 2020
Lions: The Last Stand?
Oct 20, 2018
Vaccine Drive To Save Gir's Lions Raises Questions
Oct 8, 2018
Cape Town Crisis Worsens, Water Rationing Put In Place
Feb 2, 2018
Born Wild: Is It Now Or Never?
Nov 5, 2017
Born Wild: The Big And The Small Of Conservation
Oct 28, 2017
Born Wild: Gods Who Walk Amongst Us (Part 2)
Oct 21, 2017
Asian Elephants: Gods Who Walk Amongst Us (Part 1)
Oct 14, 2017
Born Wild: Rivers Of Life
Sep 24, 2017
Born Wild: In The Footsteps Of The Ghost.
Sep 16, 2017
Born Wild: Sharing Spaces With The Leopards
Sep 10, 2017
What Does A Sloth Bear Want: The Bear Necessities
Sep 2, 2017
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