Wildlife SOS

This article is about the organization. For the TV show, see Wildlife SOS (TV Show).

Wildlife SOS is an organization founded in 1995 to protect and conserve India's natural heritage, forest, and wildlife.[1] It is also involved in conserving habitat, studying biodiversity,[2] conducting research, rescuing wildlife,[3][4] and creating alternative and sustainable livelihoods for erstwhile poacher communities or those communities that depend on wildlife for sustenance.

History

In 2005, Wildlife SOS Co-Founders Kartick Satyanarayan and Geeta Seshamani raised funds at various fundraising and awareness engagements in the United States. Wildlife SOS USA was set up as a 501(c)(3) charity organization in order to act as a vehicle for Americans to rally to the cause of protecting and enabling Seshamani's and Satyanarayan's work in support of endangered and threatened wildlife. In 2009, Wildlife SOS UK was launched in support of the conservation work taking place in India. They work in close collaboration with the staff in India to raise awareness.

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References

  1. ↑ Mir, Shakir (2016-01-25). "SOS Wildlife". Kashmir Life. Retrieved 2016-03-21. Taking notice of the alarming escalation of man-animal conflict, Mir persuaded the Wildlife SOS to venture into the region with an aim to minimize its effects and at the same time step up efforts to conserve wildlife.
  2. ↑ Khanna, Bosky (2015-12-31). "First-ever study to count number of sloth bears". Deccan Herald (Bengaluru, India). Retrieved 2016-03-21. A team of conservationists from the animal rescue nonprofit, Wildlife SOS, is researching the distribution and ecological behaviour of sloth bears in Karnataka to determine their population.
  3. ↑ "4 endangered snakes rescued from New Delhi station". The Indian Express (Mumbai). 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2016-03-21. A team from Wildlife SOS -- which runs the only 24-hour wildlife rescue cell in the National Capital Region -- arrived quickly and saw to it that neither people nor snakes were harmed.
  4. ↑ "Wildlife team recovers civet from kitchen, two more flee". Deccan Herald (Bengaluru, India). 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2016-03-21. An Asian Palm Civet was rescued from a house in Delhi Cantt area by a team of Wildlife SOS.

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