Karadi | கரடி (noun | Tamil) A horrendous incident involving a sloth bear and villagers occurred in a village less than 10 kms from our farm this month. A sloth bear had attacked a man riding on his bike and then mauled the faces of couple of men who came to his rescue. https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2022/nov/07/sloth-bear-attacks-three-in-tenkasi-two-left-critical-2515727.html (Trigger…
Category: Wild Life
Obituaries of the Wild around Vaanavil
~ 10 minute read Trigger warning : couple of photos in the blog include pictures of dead animals. We keep posting a lot of happy stories about the farm life and the domesticated animals we rear. But the complete picture is more uglier than the image social media prods us to create. We want to…
Spotted : Russell’s Viper
On the lazy overcast sunday of the extended Diwali weekend, Noushadya and I were watching Jai Bhim, a well made movie inspired from real events based on the discrimination of Irular tribe by society, police and legal system of Tamil Nadu. The Irular tribe is known for their snake catching abilities amongst others. Half way…
Closest encounter with the Sambhar Deer
Last week, just when we were locking the gate at the end of the day, we had heard a crying sound we hadn’t heard before and immediately knew something was amiss nearby. In a National Geographicesque scene, 2 hunting dogs, a Chippiparai and a Kombai, owned by a nearby farmer chased a huge Sambhar deer…
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