what did they not do? chapter! vet in the forest
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Chapter 9
Vet in the Forest
1.Who were in the team that went to Bishnupur forest?Why did they go there? Who joined them afterwards?
Ans: S C De, Chief Wildlife Warden of the State, Subrata Choudri, officer specialising in tranquillising animals and the author, Dhriti K Lahiri-Choudry. They had come to help the Wildlife Wing of the Forest Department to save a young, injured tusker. A veterinary officer.
2.We had just made a decision to inquire among the villagers.lnquire about what? Why was it necessary to inquire? Who had they inquired with earlier?
Ans:They wanted to inquire the whereabouts of an injured elephant as it was constantly moving with the herd and there was no exact information about its current location. They had earlier made enquiries with the local forest staff.
3.’We were enormously impressed’. What impressed them? Why was they impressive?
Ans: They were enormously impressed when they learnt that a young man from the local tribes had been feeding the injured elephant every day. His act surprised them as their fields were regularly ravaged by these elephants and yet he was kind enough to help one of them.
4.’We came back to camp’.Where were they camping? What mode of transport did they use?
Ans: rest house of Bishnupur forest. jeep.
5.(We)bumped across the forest tracks and fields to the spot’?
To what spot?What was the first problem they faced there?What was done to overcome it?
Ans: …to the spot where the injured elephant was. But the animal was in the middle of the herd and it would be impossible to separate the creature from the herd. The injured elephant was separated from the herd by chasing away the herd using crackers and a lot of noise by the villagers.
6.’Our next plan of action was to ask the enthusiastic villagers for help to locate our patient? Who was the patient? Why did they need help to locate him/it?Which word tells us that the villagers were very willing to help?
Ans: The injured elephant. They were new to the territory and the villagers
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