The maneater of Deval

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Re: The maneater of Deval

Post by Vishnu2017 » Thu Oct 01, 2020 9:33 am

Belated Birthday wishes Dr.Prashant sir ji,
The whole story has been narrated in a very interesting manner, am happened to repeatedly 3 times, thank you
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Re: The maneater of Deval

Post by Pran » Thu Oct 01, 2020 9:14 pm

Good narration Doctor Saab!

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Re: The maneater of Deval

Post by SMJ » Tue Oct 06, 2020 1:03 pm


"A day later I realised that there were not two but three leopards in the area. A cow killed and eaten 2 kms away confirmed the presence of a third leopard within an area of a few square kilometers.
Our job was to identify and trap / eliminatel the killer before it made another human kill."
Was re-reading this very interesting post once again and this bit in particular from the story drives home the sad reality of how this beautiful cat is forced to adapt to living within such a constrained space! It's going to be very difficult to mitigate man animal conflicts at this rate.

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Re: The maneater of Deval

Post by Baljit » Wed Oct 07, 2020 6:02 am

well done Prashant, Keep up the good work! Love you bro

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Re: The maneater of Deval

Post by eternalme » Wed Nov 09, 2022 2:53 am

This story , had it written in one post, would appear as if narrated by Jim Corbett.
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Re: The maneater of Deval

Post by timmy » Fri Nov 18, 2022 1:01 am

eternalme wrote:
Wed Nov 09, 2022 2:53 am
This story , had it written in one post, would appear as if narrated by Jim Corbett.
Brother Prashant certainly tells an exciting story here!

If any newer member reads this, I strongly recommend that they would go back to the beginning of the thread for a most interesting story. You don't even have to buy a book -- you can read it here on IFG, directly from one of our members!

How I wish Prashant would write another story and share it with us sometime. There are so few opportunities to hear a very entertaining story like this, and learn important things at the same time, to shape our views on these matters.
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Re: The maneater of Deval

Post by eternalme » Mon Nov 28, 2022 12:31 am

Beautifully written indeed I went through the peepalpani tiger story afterwards.
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Re: The maneater of Deval

Post by drlizard » Tue Feb 07, 2023 12:54 pm

Such a wonderfully narrated story.. the scenes played out vividly in my mind as I kept reading.

Sad that a big cat had to be put down.. But then, it wasn't a normal cat which could hunt and feed itself as nature intended. Losing people to such a problematic animal can't be allowed to continue...so in the end it all makes sense. Sad, but such is life, full of ups and downs.

Thank you Prashant Ji, for doing a good deed for the village people and also keeping us glued to our screens with your enjoyable style of storytelling.

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