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Wild, Wild West: Little Rann of Kutch and Velavadar
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Wild, Wild West: Little Rann of Kutch and Velavadar
Shatabdi Chakrabarti
On the western edge of India, two astonishing landscapes exist, the Little Rann of Kutch and the rolling grasslands of Velavadar, that teem with the most magnificent creatures
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Shatabdi Chakrabarti
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Poo to Woo:  How Blackbucks Use Their Dung to Attract Mates
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Poo to Woo: How Blackbucks Use Their Dung to Attract Mates
Janaki Lenin
Vipul Ramanuj
Blackbuck males know how to win a mate’s heart — with proud piles of prodigious poop
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Janaki Lenin
Vipul Ramanuj
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The Serengeti of Saurashtra: Sightings Abound at the Blackbuck National Park in Gujarat
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The Serengeti of Saurashtra: Sightings Abound at the Blackbuck National Park in Gujarat
Manan Dhuldhoya
Antelopes, wolves, hyenas, and plenty of migratory birds inhabit this protected reserve in Velavadar
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Manan Dhuldhoya
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Allahrakha Khan: The Living Legend of Velavadar’s Last Grassland
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Allahrakha Khan: The Living Legend of Velavadar’s Last Grassland
Manan Dhuldhoya
More than 2OO years ago, his forefathers first started protecting the Velavadar grasslands. Over the course of his life, he has not only continued their legacy, but also turned into an unlikely guardian of the park’s endangered, sprightly, lesser florican
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Manan Dhuldhoya
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The Guide: Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary
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The Guide: Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary
Shoma Abhyankar
Though it is a small sanctuary, spread over only 21.5 square kilometres, Point Calimere has mangroves, tropical evergreen forests, and grassland ecosystems. Here’s how to explore this potpourri landscape
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Shoma Abhyankar
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Montagu’s Harriers: The Slender Hawks of Velavadar
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Montagu’s Harriers: The Slender Hawks of Velavadar
Prashanth MB
Dr. T. Ganesh
Every year, thousands of harriers from Central Asia visit Gujarat to feast on the abundance that the grasslands of Velavadar Blackbuck National Park offer
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Prashanth MB
Dr. T. Ganesh
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Tal Chhapar: The Golden Grasslands of Churu
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Tal Chhapar: The Golden Grasslands of Churu
Dr Asad Rahmani
The national park is home to many vulnerable and endangered birds and of course to its most famous resident — the blackbuck
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Dr Asad Rahmani
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