India . . . At a glance. . :)

[Indischer]

@JanjaWeed Isn't there a larger statue in Dharmasthala as well?

 

[Hermione]

@Indischer

That is great. We can give Gujarat a run for their lions then. Once a tree-hugger friend of mine wanted to take a bet with me about the survival of tigers in India. She was of the view that tigers would vanish in a decade, they were around 1700 then. I should have taken the bet, it would have been easy money. Now there are over 4000 tigers in India.

I saw one lion tailed macaque in Valparai and a family of otters in Silent Valley. That was such a rare sight.

 

[JanjaWeed]

@JanjaWeed Isn't there a larger statue in Dharmasthala as well?

Oh ya.. there is one. But IDK whether it's larger than the one in Karkala. But the one is Shravanabelagola is the biggest I think... & more significant for Jains.

 

[Robinhood Pandey]

@thesolar65 sir, @Hermione didi ji, @Indischer bhai, @JanjaWeed bhai, khana kaha hai

I never thought. . mera thread itne time tak chalega. . .


aap sabhi ka shukriya. . aasan nahi tha mere liye akele jhel pana

 

[Indischer]

@Indischer

That is great. We can give Gujarat a run for their money then. Once a tree-hugger friend of mine wanted to take a bet with me about the survival of tigers in India. She was of the view that tigers would vanish in a decade, they were around 1700 then. I should have taken the bet, it would have been easy money. Now there are over 4000 tigers in India.

I saw one lion tailed macaque in Valparai and a family of otters in Silent Valley. That was such a rare sight.

Yes, we should definitely try to set up a Lion conservation area in Karnataka. It's too dangerous to restrict them to one area alone.
Lion tailed Macaques used to be a frequent sight near my ancestral village too. Dunno what happened to them though, they've become quite rare there nowadays.

Tigers are almost extinct in our part of the woods while Leopards are fairly common though. Anshi National Park, which is about 90kms from our place, has a dozen Tigers I believe.

@thesolar65 sir, @Hermione didi ji, @Indischer bhai, @JanjaWeed bhai, khana kaha hai

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[JanjaWeed]

@thesolar65 sir, @Hermione didi ji, @Indischer bhai, @JanjaWeed bhai, khana kaha hai

Oven mai ban raha hai abhi. chicago town pizza, waffle, chargrill chicken & baked beans! aja..

 

[Robinhood Pandey]

Oven mai ban raha hai abhi. chicago town pizza, waffle, chargrill chicken & baked beans! aja..

Bhai. . you are a pure continental stuff guy. .

thanks btw

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Udupi ka vegetarian menu chhap diya. . where is the non-vegetarian khana

 

[JanjaWeed]

Bhai. . you are a pure continental stuff guy. .

thanks btw

jaisa des waisa bhes

 

[Indischer]

jaisa des waisa bhes

I used to think it was jaisa Des waisa Bhains.

 

[Hermione]

Tigers are almost extinct in our part of the woods while Cheetahs are fairly common though. Anshi National Park, which is about 90kms from our place, has a dozen Tigers I believe.

They are being sighted now even in areas they were thought to have disappeared from. Wont be surprised if in a decade their population is not around 10,000.

 

[Indischer]

They are being sighted now even in areas they were thought to have disappeared from. Wont be surprised if in a decade their population is not around 10,000.

It would be fantastic if their numbers reached 10K. India also needs to increase it's % of forest cover in order to provide greater space to them. I doubt, given the apathy we currently have towards our Forest treasure, anything concrete will be done in this regard(Although officially, we've actually increased our forest cover area marginally). Avoiding man-animal conflict should be the first priority though.

 

[Hermione]

It would be fantastic if their numbers reached 10K. India also needs to increase it's % of forest cover in order to provide greater space to them. I doubt, given the apathy we currently have towards our Forest treasure, anything concrete will be done in this regard(Although officially, we've actually increased our forest cover area marginally). Avoiding man-animal conflict should be the first priority though.

We were increasing, then last 2 years we regressed and lost a bit of forest cover. I think having BJP in the center would be good for afforestation. Gujarat was the only state to have increased forest cover by a significant margin even though they are a desert state. Gandhinagar has 22 trees per person and is the greenest city in the world. Also watched this document where the lions in Gir were getting too crowded, so they moved out on their own and traveled through cities and villages and have set up a base on the coast.

 

[LURKER]

Yes, we should definitely try to set up a Lion conservation area in Karnataka. It's too dangerous to restrict them to one area alone.
Lion tailed Macaques used to be a frequent sight near my ancestral village too. Dunno what happened to them though, they've become quite rare there nowadays.

Tigers are almost extinct in our part of the woods while Cheetahs are fairly common though. Anshi National Park, which is about 90kms from our place, has a dozen Tigers I believe.



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Cheetas were declared exticnt in India long back bro i guess you meant Leopards.

 

[Indischer]

Cheetas were declared exticnt in India long back bro i guess you meant Leopards.

Dayyum! Sorry bro, my mistake. Will change that.

There was a plan to reintroduce Cheetahs in India some time back. Don't know what happened to that. A shame that they derive their name from Sanskrit and yet aren't in India any more.

 

[LURKER]

Dayyum! Sorry bro, my mistake. Will change that.

There was a plan to reintroduce Cheetahs in India some time back. Don't know what happened to that. A shame that they derive their name from Sanskrit and yet aren't in India any more.

That plan was shelved. Supreme court ordered to take care of the present population of Tigers and Lions instead of introducing exotic species. The plan was to get Iranian cheetah, they were considered closest to Indian ones.