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Children from Tokyo, Berlin, Amsterdam and even a small town in Canada wrote letters to former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, requesting him to send them an elephant from India. Here's a unique story of how he turned these requests into small diplomatic victories.

Frederick Walter Champion is considered the 'Father of Camera Trap Photography'. Conservationists today use this method to calculate tiger census and monitor their movements.

Long before Kaziranga became a national park, a brave tribal forest guard named Mahi Chandra Miri took on poachers and protected its endangered wildlife with nothing but courage and conviction. His forgotten fight in the 1900s laid the foundation for one of India’s most iconic conservation success stories. Here's his incredible tale.

On 4 October, 2023, India mourned the loss of Anne Wright, a pioneering conservationist who dedicated over five decades to protecting the nation’s wildlife. Wildlife historian Raza Kazmi highlights Anne’s significant contributions — including the Wildlife Protection Act, Project Tiger, and the establishment of the Palamau Tiger Reserve.

“But what has undoubtedly weighed with the Nawabs of Junagadh in the past and carries weight also with me is that the forest is the last sanctuary of Indian lions,” said the last Nawab of Junagadh.

From his courtship of Cleopatra, the prettiest leopard in the forest, to challenging Scarface, the alpha leopard, this magnificent panther's story will leave you mesmerised.