elephants

Amid the heavy floods in Darjeeling and Dooars, trained forest elephants became unlikely heroes, rescuing stranded tourists through knee-deep waters.

Across India, conservationists are tackling the toughest wildlife challenges with innovative solutions. From sustainable tourism to cutting-edge technology, these stories prove that when people come together, wildlife has a fighting chance.

Children from Tokyo, Berlin, Amsterdam and even a small town in Canada wrote letters to former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, requesting him to send them an elephant from India. Here's a unique story of how he turned these requests into small diplomatic victories.

S P Pandey runs SPOAR - Society for Protecting Ophiofauna and Animal Rights - an organisation that works to resolve animal human conflict in West Bengal, and collaborates with the forest officials, gram panchayat and tea estate owners.

Once known for their cruelty against animals, poachers at Manas National Park in Assam are now at the helm of protecting the wildlife at the UNESCO world heritage site, restoring the Indian Rhino’s glory

Despite what we do to them, elephants have rescued and protected us time and time again. Here's a reminder that we should learn some lessons from them!

“I am happiest when I am near elephants. City life doesn’t make me happy. Even at this moment, if you tell me that an elephant is trapped or in need of help, I will pack my bags and drive to that location", says the man who has survived 20 near-death attacks by rogue jumbos!

What's awesome is that this unique rehab has a 11-foot deep hydrotherapy jumbo pool—equipped with 21 high-pressure jet sprays—that gives a massage to the elephants’ feet and body!

"I was absolutely devastated and shocked by what I saw. Several elephants had been blinded, many had raw bleeding wounds on their ankles, and almost all of them had enormous tumours on their hips. And yet they were being forced to parade beneath the scorching sun, deprived of a proper home, food, and water.”

Stunning drone footage, Sir David Attenborough's legendary voice and 4k ultra HD resolution that captures the tiniest of details—this promises to be a landmark documentary for India! #WildIndia #WildKarnataka