Mysore/Mysuru: Surya Keerthi, son of city’s well-known snake rescuer and wildlife conservationist Snake Shyam, who is also a snake rescuer, has rescued four owlets, which were left orphaned after the mother was electrocuted. The owlets were rescued at a farm in Shindenahalli near here. Though farm owner Chandramouli tried to feed the owlets, they were…
Two held for illegally transporting owl
October 23, 2018Mysuru: The personnel of Mysuru Forest Mobile Squad have arrested two persons on charges of illegal transportation of owl and have recovered the owl from them besides seizing the car used for the crime. The arrested are 24-year-old N.R. Sridhar of Shikaripura in Nagamangala taluk of Mandya district and 46-year-old B.A. Raveesh Rao of Bilugunda…
This Owl will not bring bad luck: Lakkhi-Pencha on display at IGRMS
January 6, 2018Mysuru: In general, owls are viewed as harbingers of bad luck, ill health, or death. But in West Bengal they are given a pride of place as a ritual object. Lakkhi – Pencha, a decorative wooden object resembling an owl, is the Exhibit of the Month under the series by Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya…
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