On World Wildlife Day, we spoke to Pawan Sharma, the wildlife rescuer from Resqink Association for Wildlife Welfare in Mumbai. He takes us through the top five most rampantly trafficked animals that his team rescued and sezied during at a smuggling racket at Mumbai airport last year
The World Wildlife Day is observed every year on March 3 to raise awareness about the wild fauna and flora across the globe. Midday Online spoke to wildlife rescuers from Pune to learn about the adventures and challenges of rescuing wildlife animals and birds in Maharashtra
The suburban areas connected with Sanjay Gandhi National Par have a higher incidence of wildlife as they lie at the periphery of the forest. Midday Online spoke to Pawan Sharma, a wildlife rescuer from RAWW, an animal welfare organisation in Mumbai, to learn about human-wildlife interaction
India boasts of close to 30,000 tuskers but even as there are efforts being made to conserve them, man-elephant conflict seems to be a cause for concern. Mid-day Online spoke to Patricia Sims, founder of World Elephant Society, to understand how conservation has changed in the last 10 years since she first instituted the day for elephants