tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512381262981030300.post2236309982201768833..comments2023-08-07T20:01:51.687+05:30Comments on PLOG - The PNLIT Blog: Hares in the Arekere Reserve ForestArathi Manayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03443804475462071189noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512381262981030300.post-75607780222461141792014-07-09T13:41:49.333+05:302014-07-09T13:41:49.333+05:30I have seen hares in a few of my friends' farm...I have seen hares in a few of my friends' farms and on the roads between places around Bangalore and a little further away. My observations are:<br />* It's only a matter of time before the hares disappear from Revenue lands, patta lands (agricultural) and Reserve Forests which are situated on the fringes of the ever expanding village or town or city.<br />* The reasons are - hunting by humans and killing by dogs. Other reasons are loss of suitable feeding and burrowing places, this is brought about by extensive picking of bushes and cutting of small plants and trees for firewood or over grazing by goats etc.<br />* I believe that every farmer who sees hares on his property must and should think of ways of protecting them by growing very thorny bushes at some remote corner of the plot thus giving the hares a chance to at least raise their young. Of course there are more things to do as well.Prasanna Vynatheyanoreply@blogger.com