Bird Hunter Turns Conservationist

Bharat Mahan

This is the story of a Mogia tribal Ganpat Chouhan who never went to college but has a 40-page booklet on the Francolins and Quails — commonly known as Teetar and Bater — to his credit.

Once an avid bird hunter, this 40-year-old tribal from Madhya Pradesh has become a conservationist and compiled comprehensive data to help the forest department protect different feathered species.

Ganpat’s booklet, which he compiled over a year, also contains the three common ways that are used to trap Teetar and Bater species.

Read more of this in a report by Punya Priya Mitra published in Hindustan Times

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Hindustan Times

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