Sky bridges for monkeys

Giji K. Raman, IDUKKI   The Hindu, March 20, 2017 After the success of the sky bridge for Grizzled Giant Squirrel, authorities are planning sky bridges for the Tufted Gray Langur (Semnopithecus priam) of Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary. Like the squirrel, the langur also known as Madras Gray Langur is endemic to South India and Sri Lanka....

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House sparrow numbers fall

George Jacob, KOTTAYAM The Hindu,  March 20, 2017 The survey of house sparrows held in connection with the World Sparrow Day has registered a steep drop in the sparrow population in Kottayam and Ernakulam city areas. Punnen Kurian Venkadath, secretary of the Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences (TIES), here which conducted...

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