[Nhcoll-l] Delhi museum catastrophe

[Doug Yanega]

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This is the NMND, India's National Museum, and this is truly an 
appalling disaster. They do not report any injuries, which is good, but 
our colleagues there are apparently now without either a home, or a 
collection. Truly devastating.

Sincerely,

-- 
Doug Yanega      Dept. of Entomology       Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314     skype: dyanega
phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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