Simply put: Himachal farmers poisoning monkeys

Iqbal Malik on how Delhi government created a dysfunctional monkey sanctuary

The Delhi government did not follow its plans to contain monkeys in the Asola Bhatti Sanctuary, says primatologist Iqbal Malik

Himachal farmers now poisoning monkeys

Farmers have confirmed this development, which means the whole issue takes an entirely new dimension

Human-eating elephants

Saving the farmers

MALAWI

Tackling jumbo menace

Elephantine blues

A rise in the elephant population in the Chandaka reserve forests raises the basic question of ecological management keeping human needs in mind

Killing is no answer

Here are 18 steps to deal with monkeys that enter human habitation areas. They do not involve killing them

Of large carnivores and humans

How does a civilisation relate to the environment? To find out, study its attitude towards large carnivores. Europeans have tried to dominate …

On a killing spree

Malaysia orders immediate killing of a million pigs; virus claims more than 85 lives

Rodent menace

The plague of Samar Island

Wild killing

A Maharashtra minister's call for killing protected animals like nilgai sparks off a controversy

Dying on the edge

To reduce human-animal conflict, a 14-km-long wall will be built along the southern border of Corbett Tiger Reserve. But wall will cost Rs 4.5 …

Rat chronicles

The tiny rodents that most people link only to pestilence and crop destruction have fascinated Ishwar Prakash -- one of that rare breed: a rat …

Monkey business

Coping with the nuisanceof urban monkeys may be beyond human patience. But shooting or declaring them pests will not serve the problem. Only a …

Bone of contention

Neither Project Tiger nor the eco-development project can end the conflicts between the forest officials and the villagers in Ranthambhore

Australia invaded

Cute nightmare

Racoons, once the cute and cuddly pets, have now become a serious threat to agriculture in Japan

Hunting for good

Out of control: why monkeys are a menace

Damage by raiding monkeys has become a menace of unprecedented magnitude. Down To Earth travels to Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar …

Dung menace

Bamboo flowering

People in northeast India fear bamboo flowering. According to an ancient belief when bamboos flower, there is death and destruction.