Dashing Wolf

Hello friends, wish you all a very happy Sunday, for me now Sunday has become Blog day.

Writing is wonderful feeling as it gives opportunity to write my heart out and share wonderful experiences with lovely readers. Today I am in double mind on topic to introduce, a bird or a animal, finally the choice for today’s blog is Indian Wolf. What a Dashing animal especially when you see it on green grassland.

I will never forget sighting of Indian Wolf somewhere near Nasik, we never planned this visit it was last minute choice by Saurabh and Jogi, never question experts you just need to follow them, as me and Vishnu did, four of us started in a car in search for fun without any expectations of sighting, the idea was just to evaluate new place. After a long drive between us we saw black bucks, we were happy with sighting and started clicking to test our photography skills. The time we were busy running behind bucks, we heard a instruction from our champ Saurabh “Don’t move guys take your position” and guess what the arrival of stars in style “The Indian Wolf” we had wonderful time capturing them with great memory with us, the pictures will tell you the rest.

Sharing some facts about Indian Wolf

Introduction

The Indian wolf is a subspecies of grey wolf that ranges from Southwest Asia to the Indian Subcontinent. The reddish or light brown coloring of the Indian Wolf is part of the reason that many believe it to be a fox when they catch a glimpse of it in the wild. They also have a coat that is shorter and less dense than other species of wolves. These wolves are found on the open lands of India and they are able to survive in areas that are considered to be desert like in nature.

For the Indian Wolf a diet that is composed of small animals is what they survive on. This includes rodents, rabbits, and raccoons. The pack will be very loosely around a given area and each of them will hunt for their own food. This hunting usually takes place at night and ends at dusk.

Conservation

It is believed that only about 3,000 Indian Wolves remain in the wild today, Due to the bad reputation that these wolves have and the poor economic area where they live, it is hard to get effective practices in place for conservation.

Human V/S animal

There are stories in India about this particular wolf stealing small children. Indian wolf is known to kill livestock though which means it has become an enemy of people in those regions. They are also known to attack humans and experts believe this is due to their lack of food in their natural environment. Reason I believe for this conflict is cutting down of forest lands which creates scarcity for land for animals and such conflict take place, it is high time that we understand to make balance between development and conservation.