Tributes to Zafar Futehally

Zafar Futehally was a well known conservationist and ornithologist of high order. He was associated with Bombay Natural History Society for over 60 years, of which he was the honorary secretary for 16 long years. He was the founder editor of Newsletter for Birdwatchers which he had started in the cyclostyled format and sustained for over three decades. He served as co editor of Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society too. He was the founder trustee and vice president of WWF-India. A recipient of many prestigious national and international awards, he had settled in Bengaluru since 1970s. He had nurtured a vibrant bird watching community there, and was instrumental in conservation movement of lakes. He recently shifted to Raigad, his home town, where he breathed the last at 92.