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December 2009

Progress in Jammu & Kashmir

bear cubsTawny Leopards straying into villages, black bears being burnt alive by locals, and the only Red deer found in India, strewn amongst a high conflict zone: it’s all in one state, and Wildlife SOS is helping out. Read more »

Dancing Bears in India - Final Curtain

Dancing BearDecember 18, 2009, Bangalore, India – The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India and the state forest departments, Delhi headquartered non-profit Wildlife SOS, with its US and UK arms, and a coalition of international conservation and animal rescue groups, Free the Bears Fund (FTB) from Australia, International Animal Rescue (IAR) from the UK and One Voice Association France, is about to make animal welfare history by taking the last dancing bears off the stre Read more »

Crocodiles rescued from Train Station

Rescued baby crocodile

In an interesting turn of events, two baby crocodiles were rescued from the Nizamuddin Railway Station in New Delhi. They were confiscated from a person who had brought them all the way from Tamil Nadu to sell them. In addition to the two crocodile babies, the man who was arrested as he got off the train (along with his translator) also had in his possession several protected species of snakes.
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