India, June 23 -- The hapless leopard, imprudent tiger, unreasonable tortoise, witless pangolin, incautious deer and the irrational elephant should just stop venturing out. Or learn a prayer or two

Dear fellow beings,

Fractured wildlands are a reality now. With India undergoing massive industrialisation and an almost concurrent push towards infrastructure development, a silent and often undocumented repercussion is faced by our wildlife.

Silent as they are, their deaths mostly go unreported. Yet, they continue to die in unprecedented numbers and the trend is increasing each day. So inured have we become that rarely if ever, an image of an injured or dead wild animal stops humankind in its tracks.

News pours in of more roadkills and el...