animal rescue

A guardian angel for street animals, Fiza had also adopted the canine heroes of 26/11—Max, Sultan, Tiger & Caesar—after their retirement from police service.

“Mr Ratan Tata is a generous and empathetic person, and we connected on our shared love for people and animals. Also, he loves working with young entrepreneurs, so everything just came together.”

“People who kill them have no idea about the importance of snakes in our ecosystem. Snakes tend to get defensive and react aggressively. Perhaps the seeds of wanting to do something for snakes were sown when, as a young girl, I saw people kill snakes. It left a profound impact on my mind.”

“A boy once came running to our office, a turtle in his hand. He told us that his family wanted to keep it as a pet. So the boy “stole” the turtle and brought it to us, wanting us to leave it in the wild. Such is the impact of Manoj.”

“My idea was simple—to develop a habitat classroom, where students can come and learn all about animals."

The one-of-its-kind sanctuary, founded by Sanjeev, is nothing like a zoo or a regular sanctuary. Prani is a home to rescued animals, and open to visits from children who want to interact with and observe them.

“I swam for 12 minutes, and as I neared the riverbed, I finally saw him. He was immobile, appeared lifeless, and I couldn’t find a pulse. I realised that he was going into cardiac arrest.”

Meet Rasila Wadher who has rescued a total of 1,100 wild animals including 400 leopards, 200 lions, crocodiles, pythons and birds.

When Lilly was found, she had been chained to stand under the hot sun with no access to fresh food, water or even a resting mound for 60 days straight. What happened next gave her a second chance at life.

Around 10 am, a passenger alerted the deputy station master of Goregaon station about a pigeon hanging from a thread over the Overhead Equipment mast at the north end of the railway station.