~Purusottam Singh Thakur A camera trap deep inside Chhattisgarh’s Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve has captured a herd of elephants, with calves, drinking and splashing in a small mountain waterhole at about 3,000 feet. The footage from the Kulhadighat Range is striking because of what it shows in peak summer: a functioning water source in a forest.
Gujarat's flagship state-level campaign, Karuna Abhiyaan, aimed at rescuing and treating birds injured during kite-flying during Uttarayan, achieved great success this year as well.
For a country often preoccupied with charismatic megafauna, Mahuadanr is a quiet yet powerful reminder that every species, no matter how understated, deserves protection.
