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HT Syndication: Man of the jungle who spoke for its residents
India, July 25 -- As we commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Edward James Corbett, known better as Jim Corbett, today, it is time to revisit the remarkable life of the man who was not just a renowned hunter of man-eater tigers but also a naturalist, a writer par excellence and a pioneer conservationist, whose legacy continues to echo in the Indian jungles.
Man of the jungle who spoke for its residents
In the colonial era, Indian wildlife was often viewed through the lens of sport hunting. Legal hunting of tigers and other animals was widespread, with shikar being a popular pursuit among the colonial elite. Trophy hunting expeditions were frequent, killing some of the subcontinent’s most fascinating animals in unbelievably large numbers. It was in this milieu that Corbett’s remarkable transformation from hunter to conservationist took place.
HT Syndication: Man of the jungle who spoke for its residents
Posted On: 2025-07-24 Posted By: Saket Badola Health & Lifestyle Travel Education Hindustan Times India, July 24 -- As we commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Edward James Corbett, known better as Jim Corbett, today, it is time to revisit the remarkable life of the man who was not just a renowned hunter of man-eater tigers but also a naturalist, a writer par excellence and a pioneer conservationist, whose legacy continues to echo in the Indian jungles.
Tarantulas from Poland, Tamarins from Thailand seized in Chennai
The Chennai Air Customs issued a statement last month, detailing one of its weird seizures of recent times. It had detected 107 plastic vials, wrapped in silver foil and cotton, in a courier dispatched from Poland. Each vial contained a live creature that looked like an unusual spider. The strange arachnids, that too, in such large quantities, baffled the customs officers. They invited scientists from the Zoological Survey of India to examine the creatures.
Zoonotic diseases: A neglected public and planetary health frontier
The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted human lives and resulted in socio-economic disruption of unimaginable scales. While several hypotheses, counterhypotheses, and even conspiracy theories about the likely origin of Sars-CoV-2 are currently in circulation, the one indicating its zoonotic origin remains the most plausible one.
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