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Human–Wildlife Conflict

The summer of 2025 has ended, and Chandrapur district in Maharashtra counted fresh human casualties in tiger attacks, signalling the…

Vitthal Badkhal is a godsend for farmers in and around Chandrapur district and the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve. ‘Dukkarwale mama’…

Wild animals are attacking people working on land near forest, causing grievous injuries and even fatalities. This comes after price…

Three-year-old Vihan Kodwate still has nightmares about the tiger attack and clings to his mother, Sulochana….

Tiger landscapes in Vidarbha are shrinking, largely due to infrastructure projects, while the tiger population is growing. So the animals…

Before the tigress was shot dead on November 2, T1 killed at least 13 people over two years in Yavatmal….

Though Shankar Atram, a terrified cattle herder in Yavatmal, fashioned a near-comical flimsy ‘body armour’ against the recently-killed T1, for…

On November 2, T1, a tigress believed to have killed at least 13 people, was shot in Yavatmal district. What…

A curated gallery of books authored by Jaideep Hardikar, with covers, concise blurbs, critical reviews, and purchase links.