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Blog: As 8 Cheetahs Arrive In India, Here's What To Expect
- Friday September 16, 2022
- Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan
Experts on both sides are involved in this reintroduction and the animals will be very closely monitored and every opportunity will be made possible for the success of the programme, but ultimately it comes down to the animals themselves.
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Blog: Avni The Tigress Was Shot Dead. Supreme Court Says Rules Were Followed
- Friday February 26, 2021
- Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan
A contempt petition filed in the Supreme Court by animal rights activist Sunita Dongre was withdrawn by her after the court declared it invalid today and stated that the killing of tigress Avni was carried out as per court orders as she was a maneater.
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Book Excerpt: The Tigers Who Press Faces To Mine For A Kiss
- Wednesday August 26, 2020
- Book Excerpts | Swati Thiyagarajan
Exclusive excerpt from 'Born Wild: Journeys into the Wild Hearts of India and Africa' by Swati Thiyagarajan
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Blog: When A Pregnant Elephant Dies After Days In Agony
- Friday June 5, 2020
- Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan
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.
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Blog: The Cruel, Unnecessary Death Of A Beautiful Whale Looks Like This
- Thursday June 13, 2019
- Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan
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.
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Blog: Viral Video Of Indian Elephants' "Funeral Procession" For Calf
- Tuesday June 11, 2019
- Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan
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.
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Blog: Our Inhumane Practices For Elephants Cause Deaths Like This
- Monday December 17, 2018
- Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan
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.
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Blog: All You Should Know About That Big Climate Meet, COP 24
- Tuesday December 4, 2018
- Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan
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.
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Blog: The Killing Of An American Missionary By Andaman Tribe
- Saturday November 24, 2018
- Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan
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.
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Blog: With New Tiger Death, Odisha Proves It Has Learnt Nothing
- Saturday November 17, 2018
- Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan
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.
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Blog: Tigress Avni Shot Dead, Many Unanswered Questions
- Saturday November 3, 2018
- Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan
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 ...
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Blog: As 8 Cheetahs Arrive In India, Here's What To Expect
- Friday September 16, 2022
- Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan
Experts on both sides are involved in this reintroduction and the animals will be very closely monitored and every opportunity will be made possible for the success of the programme, but ultimately it comes down to the animals themselves.
- www.ndtv.com
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Blog: Avni The Tigress Was Shot Dead. Supreme Court Says Rules Were Followed
- Friday February 26, 2021
- Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan
A contempt petition filed in the Supreme Court by animal rights activist Sunita Dongre was withdrawn by her after the court declared it invalid today and stated that the killing of tigress Avni was carried out as per court orders as she was a maneater.
- www.ndtv.com
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Book Excerpt: The Tigers Who Press Faces To Mine For A Kiss
- Wednesday August 26, 2020
- Book Excerpts | Swati Thiyagarajan
Exclusive excerpt from 'Born Wild: Journeys into the Wild Hearts of India and Africa' by Swati Thiyagarajan
- www.ndtv.com
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Blog: When A Pregnant Elephant Dies After Days In Agony
- Friday June 5, 2020
- Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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Blog: The Cruel, Unnecessary Death Of A Beautiful Whale Looks Like This
- Thursday June 13, 2019
- Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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Blog: Viral Video Of Indian Elephants' "Funeral Procession" For Calf
- Tuesday June 11, 2019
- Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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Blog: Our Inhumane Practices For Elephants Cause Deaths Like This
- Monday December 17, 2018
- Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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Blog: All You Should Know About That Big Climate Meet, COP 24
- Tuesday December 4, 2018
- Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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Blog: The Killing Of An American Missionary By Andaman Tribe
- Saturday November 24, 2018
- Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Blog: With New Tiger Death, Odisha Proves It Has Learnt Nothing
- Saturday November 17, 2018
- Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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Blog: Tigress Avni Shot Dead, Many Unanswered Questions
- Saturday November 3, 2018
- Blog | Swati Thiyagarajan
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 ...
- www.ndtv.com