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Take a tour of the Wildlife SOS Elephant Hospital - The Hindu
4 months, 1 week ago

Take a tour of the Wildlife SOS Elephant Hospital - The Hindu

The Hindu  

Much before the Ambanis launched Vantara elephant hospital in Jamnagar, Gujarat, earlier this year, roughly 1,200 km away in the obscure Garhi village in Churmura district, ECCC has been redefining the landscape of advanced medical care for pachyderms, sans brouhaha and media glare. “The aim is not to check any boxes, but to develop the ability to provide assistance to …

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A decade of Raju’s happiness
5 months, 1 week ago

A decade of Raju’s happiness

Hindustan Times  

Raju, the “crying elephant”, celebrated a decade of freedom from chains, beatings and ‘tears’. The ‘crying’ Raju with dark secretions running down from his eye upon rescue in 2014. Each ownership change entailed severe beatings, food deprivation and torture so that the new ‘mahout’ could break Raju’s spirit and submit the elephant to his will. Raju’s rescue created an emotional …

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Purrfect storm: India’s wild small cats are facing a case of too much love, and too little
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Purrfect storm: India’s wild small cats are facing a case of too much love, and too little

Hindustan Times  

The rusty spotted cat is the smallest wild cat in the world. Bell the cat The scale of the threat to India’s wild small cats is significant, and the lack of data only clouds the problem. All of the country’s 11 species of wild small cats, for instance, feature on the IUCN Red List of threatened species globally. “We also …

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Wildbuzz | O little train, what you done, Mum’s gone, I forever undone
10 months ago

Wildbuzz | O little train, what you done, Mum’s gone, I forever undone

Hindustan Times  

Bani is an orphaned female elephant calf, named after ‘mother earth’ by the amazing caregivers of India’s first elephant hospital run by Wildlife SOS at Mathura. Elephant calves while growing up in the herd communicate with all the adults to establish deep social bonds, and this is what Bani is doing with the caregivers who are now like a mother …

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Why India is praying for baby elephant Bani
10 months ago

Why India is praying for baby elephant Bani

India Today  

They say elephants never forget. The baby elephant, now christened Bani, had been immobile before being rescued by the Uttarakhand forest department and NGO Wildlife SOS and transferred to the Wildlife SOS Elephant Hospital in Mathura. And last year, the Indian Railways laid out plans to introduce the AI-based ‘Gajraj’ system to prevent elephant deaths on 700 km of tracks …

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South Delhi car owner finds 6-foot python stuck in vehicle
1 year, 2 months ago

South Delhi car owner finds 6-foot python stuck in vehicle

Hindustan Times  

Winters are approaching in Delhi and as the weather gets chilly, people and animals both look search for a warm and cosy spot. So, when a car owner from South Delhi found a six-foot python resting in the car, he quickly called Wildlife SOS, an animal rescue team to help save the snake. “A massive python found an unexpected refuge …

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Seven-foot mugger rescued from Firozabad village
1 year, 8 months ago

Seven-foot mugger rescued from Firozabad village

Hindustan Times  

Wildlife SOS and the forest department rescued a 7-foot-long crocodile. A seven-foot mugger found its way inside a toilet in Nagla Pasi village, Firozabad The early morning visit by the unexpected guest caused quite a flutter in Nagla Pasi village as also in Firozabad district. A four-member team from the NGO reached the location and exercising extreme caution, the rescue …

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Army rescues 35-yr-old elephant in Uttarakhand; condition remains critical
1 year, 10 months ago

Army rescues 35-yr-old elephant in Uttarakhand; condition remains critical

Hindustan Times  

The army came to the rescue of a critically injured 35-year-old elephant with a fractured front leg and worn out foot pads for over a week. Lt Col Manish Shrivastava, public relations officer defence Dehradun said on Saturday evening, Bengal Engineer Group and Centre, Roorkee, Haridwar, received a call to assist Wildlife SOS, an organisation actively rescuing animals since 1995. …

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Experts call for protection of sloth bear on first World Sloth Bear Day
2 years, 2 months ago

Experts call for protection of sloth bear on first World Sloth Bear Day

The Hindu  

The first World Sloth Bear Day was observed on Wednesday to generate awareness and strengthen conservation efforts around the unique bear species endemic to the Indian subcontinent. A proposal for observing the World Sloth Bear Day was mooted by Wildlife SOS India, an organisation involved in sloth bear conservation and protection for over two decades and the IUCN-Species Survival Commission …

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Conservation requires some amount of human presence on ground
3 years, 6 months ago

Conservation requires some amount of human presence on ground

Live Mint  

The past year has been difficult for wildlife conservation organisations and enforcement agencies. The latter, in fact, started the Conservation Heroes COVID Casualty Fund in May for wildlife warriors and forest staff impacted by the pandemic. Kartick Satyanarayan, the co-founder and CEO of Wildlife SOS, says that while forest officials haven’t been able to reach out to people and communities …

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Snakes Day Out: Reptiles Make a Big Splash, Found 'Chilling' in Agra's Water Treatment Plant
3 years, 8 months ago

Snakes Day Out: Reptiles Make a Big Splash, Found 'Chilling' in Agra's Water Treatment Plant

News 18  

With temperature rising steeply, several cases of reptiles venturing out to look for cooler hideouts, have been reported from rural areas of Agra. A four-foot-long Rat snake was rescued by the Wildlife SOS after it was found inside the Jeoni Mandi water treatment plant in Agra. A wild life official said, “As summer arrives across Northern India, various reptile species …

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Leopard cubs reunite with their mother after successful rescue operation. Viral story
3 years, 8 months ago

Leopard cubs reunite with their mother after successful rescue operation. Viral story

India Today  

Two little leopard cubs were rescued from a sugarcane field in Maharashtra earlier this week by the Wildlife SOS and the Forest Department. While harvesting sugarcane on the field in Ozar village of the Junnar district, local villagers spotted the leopard cubs and raised an alarm. Soon after, Wildlife SOS dispatched a team from the WSOS Leopard Rescue Centre to …

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How Wildlife SOS rescues elephants and sloth bears from the streets of India
3 years, 10 months ago

How Wildlife SOS rescues elephants and sloth bears from the streets of India

The Hindu  

Sloth bear and elephants. Kartick Satyanarayan, co-founder and CEO of Wildlife SOS talks about the tenuous, yet rewarding journey so far: “We have rescued and rehabilitated 628 sloth bears from the dancing bear trade, in four large natural sanctuaries across India, which are run by Wildlife SOS in partnership with the State Forest Departments.” Most of the rescued bear bore …

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Elephant Forcefully Fed Alcohol by Owners in Jharkhand, Rescued by Forest Department Officials
3 years, 11 months ago

Elephant Forcefully Fed Alcohol by Owners in Jharkhand, Rescued by Forest Department Officials

News 18  

Jharkhand Forest Department and Wildlife SOS rescued a 40-year-old elephant ‘Emma’, who was forcefully fed alcohol by her abusive owners to keep her under control and use it for begging. The Jharkhand government has decided to dispatch the animal to the Elephant Conservation and Care Centre run by Wildlife SOS on the Agra-Mathura border where she is being treated. Preliminary …

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Late Night Visit by 5-foot-long Crocodile Causes Mayhem in UP's Hathras
4 years ago

Late Night Visit by 5-foot-long Crocodile Causes Mayhem in UP's Hathras

News 18  

A five-foot-long crocodile, which wandered into a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, was rescued in a late-night operation by Wildlife SOS and the Forest Department, and released into a nearby water body, officials said on Tuesday. The Forest Department was immediately alerted about the incident and contacted the Wildlife SOS team asking for their expert assistance in carrying out the …

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5-foot-long cobra spotted at toll plaza on Agra-Lucknow Expressway
4 years, 2 months ago

5-foot-long cobra spotted at toll plaza on Agra-Lucknow Expressway

India TV News  

A five-foot-long Cobra snake created quite a stir at the Inner Ring Road toll plaza on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway. Guards at the toll plaza had spotted a large cobra near a booth which had later made its way into a drainpipe on the side of the toll plaza. Kartick Satyanarayan, Wildlife SOS co-founder and CEO said, "The checkered keelback is …

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Agra Family Shocked after Finding Deadly Krait Snake Curled inside Toilet at Home
4 years, 2 months ago

Agra Family Shocked after Finding Deadly Krait Snake Curled inside Toilet at Home

News 18  

Members of a family in the Shastripuram colony in Agra panicked when they saw a deadly common krait cozily perched in their toilet. We are grateful to the Wildlife SOS team for helping us out in this emergency situation.” In another incident, a seven-foot-long Indian rock python was found entangled in a net near the runway at the Agra Air …

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Snake in your backyard? Wildlife rescuers say don’t panic!
4 years, 2 months ago

Snake in your backyard? Wildlife rescuers say don’t panic!

Hindustan Times  

When Rakesh Nagpal, a resident of Gurugram, spotted a snake in an empty plot near his factory in Dhankot, he did not fret; instead, he asked his employees to keep an eye on the snake while he dialled Anil Gandass, a city-based wildlife conservationist. “I rescued many snakes in this season from residential areas in Gurugram, in sectors along Golf …

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'Ssss Koi Hai': Agra Family Shocked to Find Deadly Venomous Snake Hiding in Their Kitchen
4 years, 3 months ago

'Ssss Koi Hai': Agra Family Shocked to Find Deadly Venomous Snake Hiding in Their Kitchen

News 18  

Members of a family panicked on Thursday when they saw a deadly Krait cozily perched in their kitchen. On closer look, the rescuers confirmed that the snake was indeed a Common Krait, one of the four most venomous snake species in India. While seeking shelter from the rains or even the summer heat, snakes often find their way into houses, …

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