Animals

"I was absolutely devastated and shocked by what I saw. Several elephants had been blinded, many had raw bleeding wounds on their ankles, and almost all of them had enormous tumours on their hips. And yet they were being forced to parade beneath the scorching sun, deprived of a proper home, food, and water.”

"Chinnathambi is a very calm elephant. He never troubled anyone and even after all the troubles and physical damages he went through, he was very quiet and patient. All he is doing is finding a way back"

For a while now, farmers in the Ranmala village of Pune district have been carefully observing the trend of leopards venturing into their villages. While they were troubled with the attacks on their cattle, pets and even fellow villagers, they understood that these predators would not enter human territory unless they were desperate.

What makes the story even more endearing is that, besides being part of many (bomb) search operations for over a decade, the four were best buddies and inseparable.

Once on the verge of extinction, they are now making a comeback. Considering how cute they are, this is definitely a reason to celebrate!

Two years ago, Puttapana Basappa was grazing his goats in a field when he spotted a young monkey who had fallen from a tree and was injured.

In a video that has gone viral on social media, the men are seen discussing their rescue mission. One of the men volunteers to go in the tube well, instructing his friends to hold him by the legs.

Rita's journey in India has been somewhat of an adventure. She was brought here from Amsterdam in exchange for domestic cranes.

Manoj Nair, a prominent birdwatcher from Delhi had visited the Basai Najafgarh Wetlands, and there, one photograph of a black-necked stork, which had a plastic ring stuck in his beak, showed the plight that our wild animals and birds live in.

Walking the paths of the Himalayas, in the Ganga and Brahmaputra valley wetlands as well as the Sunderbans and the Western Ghats- is a fascinating cat–one that may not pop up on your top three wildcat lists–the fishing cat.