By Aaliya Mir

Winter is almost coming to an end and spring is arriving quickly.  With the changes of the seasons brings a new hope and a new dawn for the dwindling wildlife in the Jammu and Kashmir area.  Wildlife SOS is all geared up to tackle the challenges of reducing the conflicts that happen between wildlife and people. Read more »

Aaliya Mir is the Education Officer for Wildlife SOS in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.  She leads a team of people working to reduce the amount of human/wildlife conflicts that occurs in the region.  She got started with her work in 2007 when there was a bear burnt alive and dragged through the streets.  This horrifying display of brutality led her to take the initiative to do something to help the threatened and misunderstood wildlife in her community. Read more »

The Wildlife SOS Moon Bear Conservation Project in Kashmir today works on conflict mitigation to help prevent bear human conflict in the mountainous state of Jammu and Kashmir. The project started in response to a shocking incident that occurred a few years ago and something that many of you may recall…. A Moon Bear (Asiatic Black Bear) accidentally strayed into a village. Read more »

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Dr. Ilayaraja recently attended the ‘Asian Meeting on Zoo and Wildlife Medicine/Conservation’ in Bangkok, Thailand.  He presented several veterinary papers on some medical findings Wildlife SOS has made with treating rescued ‘dancing bears’ and elephants.  The papers included the wound healing of a severely injured and malnourished elephant, as well as two case studies on sloth bears, one diagnosed with a rare eye pathology and another diagnosed with Trichobezoar (hairball).  Dr. Read more »

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Last summer, Wildlife SOS’ ever vigilant informers at last spotted Bijli, a female elephant we had been tracking since 2009. She had been hit by a speeding vehicle while on the highway and her hind leg had set very badly leaving her with a permanent limp. A small sized gentle girl, Bijli had lived a harrowing life, changing owners frequently, malnutritioned, scrawny and defeated by life’s injustices. Read more »

Wildlife SOS is organising a 15 day Habitat Management Project in RamDurga near Hampi, Karnataka. Starting on February 14th and continuing up til the 28th February 2011, the project includes creation of water bodies, water harvesting, water management, etc.

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Wildlife SOS celebrated Wildlife Week this year with the usual pomp and enthusiasm as always in the past. Wildlife SOS team members in different parts of India organized and participated in awareness activities and events for wildlife sensitization. Read more »

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