India, Nov. 22 -- The Indian wolf may finally have found its place under the savanna sun. This beleaguered species has been a mute witness to the quiet crisis unfolding across our grasslands. Scientists and conservationists have for decades howled on its behalf with a simple plea: that India must grant legitimacy to its savanna grasslands and recognise the intricate dependencies between people and predators that inhabit them. Last week, that warning found a new echo. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released an update that, for the first time, evaluated the Indian wolf separately from the grey wolf. It listed it as vulnerable, acknowledging what scientists have long suspected, that this is an ancient, distinct lin...