nagpur the wild mammals of maharashtra book penned by former principal chief conservator of forests prakash thosre will be released by governor k sankaranarayanan at a function organized by maharashtra tourism development corporation on march 21 to coincide with the world forestry day the foreword to the book has been written by chief minister prithviraj chavan the function to be held sahyadri guest house malabar hill in mumbai at 1130 on friday will be attended by chief secretary js saharia additional chief secretary tourism protocol sumit mullick and principal secretary forests praveen pardeshi mtdc md jagdish patil will also be present thosres book is a ready reference guide for nature enthusiasts the book offers a quick profile of 42 mammals found in the forests of maharashtra some found in abundance some occasionally yet others rarely and a few that are extinct as someone who first opened his eyes in the dense allapalli forests his father having been a forester too thosre is qualified to hold a brief for the denizens of the wild the pictorial book itself has been elegantly structured and mounted targeted at the reasonably interested wildlife enthusiasts it carries a brief description of animals their physical traits habitat food preferences food gathering mechanisms equation with human beings and the all current status in the battle for survival the writeups are accompanied by adequate photographs thosre gives the animals a threedimensional personality by sharing personal anecdotes with the reader one wishes that thosre had not confined his efforts to mammals alone there are other genres of animal life that the tourists need to be educated on snakes and birds for instance and also the flora