Hemalkasa Gallery:

A crocodile makes its presence known.

Most of the creatures brought in by tribals were orphans whose parents they had killed for food. Within five years of starting the Project, they had a number of barking deer, four neelgia, five spotted deer (cheetal) two bears, a jackal, a peacock, a monitor lizard, cobras and other venomous snakes, civet cats, porcupines, monkeys, a wild buffalo, and leopards.

They also had green pigeons, a hornbill, peafowl, and three grackles--talking mynahs. These famous birds of the Abuj Madh Hills bordering Maharashtra are soon likely to become extinct.

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