Wildlife SOS

Wildlife SOS engages in conservation efforts leading to protecting and rescuing orphaned, injured, and displaced wildlife found in urban and rural environments across India. The organisation’s Rapid Response Unit has saved the lives of various wild animals that have been trapped, injured, or caught in such conflict situations.

Use of owls in unfounded religious beliefs and black magic is endangering the population of this elusive bird species. Rampant poaching and illicit trade in different parts of the country have become a growing concern for wildlife conservationists.

Sloth bears have been declared a 'Vulnerable Species' under the IUCN Red Data List, and are poached for their body parts which are believed to have medicinal value. Wildlife SOS recently rescued a young and healthy sloth bear in Karnataka.

A lack of awareness of Pangolins is believed to be one of the primary reasons that poachers have been able to effortlessly traffick the scaly mammal

A petition started by an NGO has led to a popular e-commerce platform doing its bit for wildlife conservation by refusing to sell snares & traps.