Pardhi, a resident of the Betul district, has seven cases pending against him in Melghat Tiger Reserve, all involving large endangered cat species such as tigers and leopards, according to the Wildlife Protection Society of India.
Sentence the bastard to the zoo. Let him keep the monkey cage clean; he’s not fit to take care of the cats.
Fall is arguably the best time for underwater hunting off the Nature Coast. Blessed with miles of relatively shallow water and thousands of fish attracting natural rock formations, it is one of Florida’s top spots for free-dive spearfishing.
Free diving involves holding one’s breath. No heavy tanks, hoses or gauges are required as with scuba gear, and there is little risk of getting the bends or experiencing other ailments associated with breathing compressed air. The biggest benefit is its lack of noise. Fish that are difficult to get close to with scuba gear, such as big gag grouper and mangrove snapper, are usually much easier to approach in the silence.
Now that’s what I call sport fishing: go into the fish’s world and try to outsmart him, not haul him in with a line. Like the guy who landed and killed the 12 foot Hammerhead shark last week. Disgusting. Kill an animal for a picture — a real sportsman.
Equipment — Hernando: Free diving offers plenty of benefits
The ocean is full of mullet and the bait fish are close to shore, attracting pelicans, dolphins and sharks. Presented with the perfect opportunity for an easy meal, small sharks in large numbers started patrolling the waves off Volusia County…
There were no bites reported and it’s probably because the water is so crystal clear, making it easy for people to see the sharks.
And easier for the sharks to see the people. When sharks bite people, it is most often a case of mistaken identity, or simple curiosity, or the animal not being able to see how big the “prey” is because of partial submersion. Sharks are like all other solitary predators: they prefer prey that is smaller then they are — usually about 20-30% of their size or smaller.
Shark Sightings Force Swimmers Out Of The Water – News Story – WFTV Orlando
“I read with interest Michael Brown’s essay “State on brink of losing its treasures,” on this page last Friday, and I fully agree with his premise; however, not from the same perspective.Unlike Brown, I am not a “relative newcomer to this great state.” I have resided in Florida all of my life and my ancestry in this state can be traced back to the early 1800s. My family homesteaded what is now known as the Kennedy Space Center, established the first orange grove in Florida, fought the Caloosa and Seminole Indians and developed a commercial trade route between Merritt Island/Titusville, St. Augustine and Boston.
Yes, Florida is on the brink of losing its treasures, but not due to the causes stated in Brown’s commentary. Rather, the loss is due to uncontrolled growth and increasing encroachment by developers into our wildlands and wetlands. With increasing development and population comes congestion and pollution.
I particularly resent Brown’s attack on airboats….” Editorial – newsjournalonline.com
One morning, disappointed by my flagging mileage, I looked overboard and saw the boat had grown a beard. On a dead-calm day, armed with a plastic scraper and attached to a line, I went over the side and found myself floating 13,000ft (4,000m) above the bottom of the Atlantic, mesmerised by the clarity of the water and the sun’s rays vanishing into the depths.
As the evicted plant life sank, small fish appeared to feed. Bigger fish gathered to feed on them. By the time I hauled myself back on board I had created an entire food chain. Later, a shark brushed past the boat, reminding me I could have become part of it.
As Winston Churchill said, “The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.”
America’s top water scientists in the 19th Century thought that Florida and the entire eastern half of the United States were so wet, they would never even need irrigation. Those in the 20th Century thought the Floridan Aquifer would give us an endless supply of groundwater.
What assumptions are we making today that will seem equally far-fetched 50 or 100 years from now? One assumption is that increased growth and economic prosperity must mean increased water use.
To paraphrase Edward Albee, Florida will be successful with its conservation efforts when the last crooked politician is hung with the entrails of the last developer.
It is possible that in a few short weeks America wakes up to news from Europe that Al Gore has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.
If this occurs, it will be a powerful transforming event in American politics that will bring a surge of patriotism and pride to a nation that has been torn by war, divided by partisanship, trapped in a quagmire and alienated from what Jefferson called the decent opinion of mankind.
Let’s set aside for now the question of whether Al Gore runs for President, which is unlikely though world events can change our politics in a heartbeat.
The more important matter is what happens to our national dialogue and our democracy if indeed the Nobel Prize is awarded to Gore.
From the moment his award is announced through his speech in December accepting the prize, Al Gore will be the most influential living American in defining the terms of our national debate. If Al Gore Wins The Nobel Peace Prize
“I-75 is essentially the backbone of transportation in Southwest Florida,” said Dave Parks, project spokesman. “It impacts so many people. You use it to commute back and forth to work, the seasonal residents and the commerce that travels through uses it.”
The highway also is the primary route for hurricane evacuation. These are the details about I-75 and the project to improve it:
The News-Press, news-press.com, Growth/Development, I-75 widening project on the horizon
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‘If sharks were dangerous, if sharks were predators to people, the oceans would be a terrifying place to go swimming, people would be eaten everyday and the reality is different, they bite once in awhile make a mistake and let go.”
The situation in Myanmar (formerly Burma) continues to worsen with reports of escalating efforts by the government to violently repress ongoing nonviolent demonstrations. The protests, sparked by steep increases in fuel costs, are being led by Buddhist monks who have called for a reduction in commodity prices, the release of political prisoners, and national reconciliation. (Now that the government has decimated Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party, the monks are the only organized force strong enough to challenge the junta.)
Accurate information is difficult to come by since there are few journalists currently operating inside the country. But there have been media reports of at least eight people killed, widespread use of tear gas against demonstrators, hundreds of arrests and beatings and the detention of at least 300 monks who have been active in the growing anti-government protests over the last month.
Watch this very rough video uploaded to YouTube this morning by an anonymous protester for a sense of what’s going on.
