Human-Animal Conflict

Humans and Wildlife at the Forest's Edge

Questions of human-wildlife coexistence are invariably also questions of development. A spar between villagers and foresters over trapping a leopard outside a sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh some years…
▶13-Feb-2023
Rekha Warrier

Reforming How India Governs the Human-Wildlife Interface

Many low-income communities in India face serious burdens because the Wildlife Act prohibits killing certain wild species. The challenge is to reform wildlife management in a practical way while…
▶03-Jan-2023
Nitin Sekar, Aritra Kshettry, Mandvi Gaur, Vidya Athreya

Indian Street Dogs: A Feeder's view

To say that street dogs should not be fed at all is a clear violation of animal and human rights. If the feeders are following rules, their action cannot be termed as misguided compassion. Rather,…
▶25-May-2022
Prakarsha

Why Feeding Monkeys is Bad for Forests

"The next time you feel the urge to feed an animal, either to pay obeisance to a deity or to help a ‘starving’ animal, please ask yourself if your action could have unintended consequences,…
▶18-Mar-2022
Asmita Sengupta, Abi T. Vanak

Pitting People against Nature

India’s conservation laws, based on pseudoscience, have criminalised people’s defence against marauding wildlife. Democratically-constituted local bodies empowered to protect nature will be a more…
▶08-Dec-2021
Madhav Gadgil

A Stray Problem

Misguided compassion towards street dogs often leads to major human-dog conflict and worsens the problem. Every action of individuals or animal welfare organisations must be carefully thought through…
▶14-Jul-2021
Neha Panchamia, Sumedh Tarde, Abi T. Vanak