This is a photo that shows a deer eating a wast plastic cover. The Human thinks that the nature is create by God only for him. But he forgets that the animals to have share in nature. The used plastic cover is thrown in the ground at a zoo, in the area where the deer lives. The deer which is in the life time jail (zoo) come to contact with the plastic cover and its just thinking its a form of food and trying to eat it . As i took the photo the the flash from camera caved the eyes of the deer and it just moved away from there. Here i like to stress that the use of plastic cover should be reduced and in particular avoid throwing of the wast plastic (pet bottle, cover, tumblers, etc.) in the place where the animals live such as in zoo, and forest area. which ultimately reduce the death of the animals. It is true that in some case while post-mortem of animals stomach shows plastic products, which might be also a reason for death. So at least a forest area shall be free from plastic.

Panther poisoned to death

A male panther was found dead in the Hassanur forest range in the Sathyamangalam division in Tamil Nadu on 30.11.2010. It is suspected that the animal was poisoned to death. Wildlife veterinarian N.S. Manoharan said after examining the carcass. Forest department in its preliminary inquiry, it was found that the two person have poisoned the panther because it has killed their cow a few days ago. It was a revenge action. The persons claimed that they resorted to poisoning in order to protect their cattle grazing inside the forests.

in the past years there are many incidents you might come across like this. The main reason for the farmers or the cattle owner to poison the Wild animal ( Tiger, Panther, etc.) is that their cattle have moved in to the forest area for grassing or for food, and at that time the above said wild animals might have attach the cattle and in the result death occur. So these farmers in order to have their cattle to be in alive they keep the poised meet and at a particular place where the wild animal would come and eat. and in the result the wild animal would die. As the result of these incidents increasing the ecology of the forest broke. i.e the forest chain is broken as the number of wild animals decreased and more over the particular species would disappear in course of time. So Govt and Forest Department should take stringent action against those culprits and protect the forest.

Forest with new soldier

Tamil Nadu forest department was very weak in the strength of force. Over all most of the apws, watch guards, ranger, foresters are in the age of 40-50. As the nature of their work is to walk a day of at least 10 to 20 Kms according to their respective beat or range. The walking is not a race in which just the end should be reached as fast as possible. The walk of these people should be with all the sense (Eye, Nose, Ear) should be in active in order to protect the forest from the enmity such as the poachers, illegal trespass and to protect them from wild animals. So these people at this age as considered their it not possible for all the staffs to do the same with full efficiency.

So in an attempt to improve conservation measures and provide better protection for forest and wildlife in the State, the Forest Department has started recruitment of youths for the posts of Guard and Forester. 240 vacancies of Guards and 80 of Foresters being filled. Mr. A.S. Balanathan, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and the team of TNPSC team is yet to recruitment soldier for forest at the district level by District Forest Officers. Both Erode and Namakkal district had filled the posts.

Educational qualification for the post of Guard is pass in Plus Two. In the case of Forester they should be degree holders. Range officers yet to be recruit later. Hope the forest to be better protected with the help of these new soldiers.

Sunderban Tiger a different kind

Scientists and officials of the Sunderban Tiger Reserve are investigating whether the Sunderban tiger is a different sub-species compared to those found in the sub-continent, officials told The Hindu on Sunday.

The Sunderban tiger exhibits certain distinctive morphological adaptations that make it particularly suited to the mangrove habitat of the Sunderban islands.

The average size of the adult tigers there is much smaller and it weighs about only 100 kilograms, compared to the heavier tigers elsewhere.

A six-year-old male tiger that strayed into the inhabited areas and captured by reserve officials over the weekend weighed only 98 kilograms.

Measurements of its body parts confirmed that the animal has a smaller frame than the tigers on the mainland, said Subrat Mukherjee, Sunderban Tiger Reserve Field Director.

Besides DNA analysis of the cat, Mr. Mukherjee will also study the skeletons of tigers as part of the research.

DNA analysis

“We will have to see whether these adaptations are only morphological or whether they are genetic adaptations that will qualify them to be listed as a separate sub-species. For this purpose, the mitochondrial and nuclear DNA of the tigers will have to be studied,” said Y. Jhalla, an expert at the Wildlife Institute of India.

Dr. Jhalla explained that considering the mutation rates that led to a genetic change, usually an animal that was isolated for a period of one million years was classified as a different species and one that was genetically isolated for between 20,000 and 50,000 years was a different sub-species.

In the case of the Sunderban tiger, it was part of a contiguous region with others and was perhaps separated about 500 to 1,000 years ago,” he said.

Advantage

The leaner frame and lesser body-mass was an advantage for the Sunderban tiger in its habitat, he added.

A smaller animal needed lesser food.

Since the main prey of the Sunderban tiger (spotted deer) was a lean animal that weighed only about 50 kg, compared to much heavier sambar or gaur that were eaten by other tigers, the animal could make do with lesser food, he said.

Muddy terrain

“Secondly, less body weight makes it easier for the animal to move around in the muddy terrain of the Sunderbans. If the tiger is heavier, its feet will sink further into the soil as it walks and it will have to expend more energy,” Dr. Jhalla said.

Photo Expo at Tiruppur

Photo Expo at Tiruppur : Tiruppur DFO has organized a photo exhibition from 04.10.2010 to 08.10.2010 at Nanjappa Boys Higher secondary school Tiruppur. In the expo, the photos of all animals taken in and around Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Erode districts are displaced. including forties of 10th month, 8th month of an elephant, foot prints of tiger, preserved animals such as Lepord, Nilagiri Thar, Bluck Bug animals and the hons of sported deer, Indian Gaur etc., including photographs taken by Tiruppur Collector C. Samayamoorthy, So kindly have a look at the Expo. All are Welcome.

on 08.10.2010 Our District collector has extended the Expo for further 2 days i.e on 09 th and 10 of October 2010.

Elephants die after train hits herd

Seven elephants, including three calves, were killed when an Assam-bound goods train from Siliguri rammed the herd near the Moraghat railway crossing at Binnaguri in West Bengal on Wednesday night. Five died instantly while two others succumbed to their injuries on Thursday morning. Among the seven dead elephants, three were babies and three females. The accident occurred at the crossing of Moraghat Tea Estate under Banarhat in the Binaguri police station. four were killed on the spot, the rest died on Thursday. The dead include a sub-adult and two juvenile elephants, The incident has once again raised questions over the movement of trains along the elephant corridor in the region.“Incidents of collision have increased over the past four years ever since the conversion from metre to broad gauge of tracks that pass through the national sanctuaries in the region. To compound matters, the movement of goods trains has increased too,” State's Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Atanu Raha said.

Prime forest area

Goods trains pass through the prime forest area at odd hours, including the period after evening when elephants go out foraging for food. “Most of the elephant deaths resulting from collision with trains occur at nights. The State's wildlife and forest officials have blamed the railway authorities for failing to ensure that the trains passing through the region do not exceed the speed limit of 25 km per hour.

A spokesperson of the Northeast Frontier Railway said, however, that the area of occurrence did not fall within an “identified elephant corridor.” “Speed limits are not being maintained despite our reminding the railway authorities. We shall repeat our request that movement of goods train along this route is also brought down to the minimum,” said Mr. Raha. (Photos: Ajay Sha)

No patrolling

“Decisions taken remain decisions. They are not implemented. It is not just a question of trains exceeding speed limits. The whistle is not sounded; there is no patrolling. We are taking up the matter with the Railway Ministry and the Ministry of Environment and Forests,” State's Forest Minister Ananta Ray said.

FIR lodged

The goods train that killed the elephants was running at a speed of nearly 70 km per hour, Ms. Ghatak said. The Forest department has lodged a first information report at the local thana under the Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972

Night traffic Banned

The Nilgiris district Collector has banned vehicular traffic on the Thalaikundah – Theppakadu Road (via) Kallatty and the Thorapalli – Theppakkadu – Kakanallah Road (NH67) from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

In a notification in the Nilgiris District Gazette, Collector Archana Patnaik has said that the restrictions have been imposed in the interest of public safety and to protect wildlife and preserve its peaceful habitat.

The Karnataka government has banned vehicular traffic through the Bandipur wildlife sanctuary in the night. Wildlife activists have been demanding a similar move by the Nilgiris administration to protect wildlife in the adjoining Mudumalai tiger reserve.

Advocate M. Santhanaraman filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court seeking directions to the Forest Department and the Nilgiris district administration to ban vehicular traffic between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. last August. The then Chief Justice H.L. Gokhale had asked him to give a representation to the authorities concerned, expecting the government to take appropriate decision, keeping in mind various laws in existence for protection of wildlife.

Nearly a year later, the Nilgiris Collector, who is also the regional transport authority, has banned night traffic on these roads traversing the Mudumalai tiger reserve.

Emergency vehicles such as ambulances are exempted from the restriction. According to the notification, trucks carrying produce of farmers could ply on the above routes only with prior permission from the Collector.

Forest officials said movement of vehicles through the Mudumalai tiger reserve had come down in the night after the ban imposed by Karnataka. Now, forest rangers in Mudumalai and the Nilgiris North division had been instructed to impose the ban strictly. Earlier, vehicles were allowed to park near the check-post inside the Mudumalai reserve. This had also been checked now, senior forest officials said.

“A recent study revealed that there were 91 road kills in 71 days early this year. The ban on vehicular movement on these roads will reduce man-animal conflict and pressure on wildlife, especially when the tiger population is encouraging in Mudumalai,” said S. Jayachandran, secretary, Nilgiri Wildlife and Environment Association.( From The Hindu Dated 13.08.2010

Can we hear the roar again?

The Asiatic Lion is being in the end of eroding from our eyes... an article about that in week end on 03.Aug.2010 in The Hindu coimbatore edition .

Cheetahs is back in India

Cheetah – the only large wild mammalian species that India has lost – will now be reintroduced in the country's three identified grasslands. The move will help restore grasslands and protect many other endangered animals there. Cheetah ( Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) was last spotted in Chhattisgarh in 1967.

Cheetahs will be obtained from Middle East, where North African Cheetahs are bred, Iran, Namibia and South Africa. Initially, 18 cheetahs will be brought to three sites proposed in the report, “Assessing the Potential for Reintroducing the Cheetah in India”, brought out by the Wildlife Trust of India and the Wildlife Institute of India.

The report, presented to the Ministry of Environment and Forests here on Wednesday, has identified Kuno-Palpur and Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuaries in Madhya Pradesh and Shahgarh Landscape in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. All the three sites require an initial investment of Rs.100 crore each for development before the animals are imported in the next two to three years.

for more details log on www.wildlifetrustofindia.org

Rajasthan free from plastic bags

Rajasthan bans plastic carry-bagsIn a major step for environment protection, the Rajasthan government on Monday announced a complete ban on the use of plastic carry-bags all over the State from August 1. A notification declared the entire State a “plastic carry-bag-free zone.”The ban will also apply to manufacture, storage, import, sale and transport of plastic carry-bags. Violation of the order will attract prosecution under Section 15 of the Environment Protection Act, which prescribes jail for five years or a fine of up to Rs.1 lakh or both. (Hindu dated 27.07.2010)

Wildlife Photography Exhibition

The event is happening at Uffizi, Rajshree Ford Towers ( II floor, above Ford show room) from July 12 - 18. It is open to public from 10 AM to 7 PM on the above mentioned week. organized by renounced Macro Photographer K.Jayaram.

Felling of treas Muthusamy school

On 04.07.2010 we heard the news of cutting the trees in the the school promises which is located in the heart of the city adjacent to Tiruppur corporation old bus stand. Even though it was a Sunday our teem guys gathered in the school promise in an Hour, and we stopped the cutting of trees but the A.E of Tiruppur Corporation was called up and he had the cutting order in his hand which was issued by Tiruppur R.D.O and so we all left the campus with tears in eyes and hands with empty.

Osai monthly meating

Our Osai monthly meeting is on wednesday 30.06.2010 tamil nadu hotal, around 5 PM. All are welcome...

New Blog Created

Hi. Friends . i have created a new blog. the address is "rmmuthupalaniappan.blogspot.com" where you can get information about Law, Environment, Photography etc.