The olive ridley sea turtle is considered to be one of the most abundant sea turtles; however, due to a significant loss in nesting sites and its population, it is now considered endangered. Therefore, a small team from Wildlife SOS put together a project to see what could be done to help the turtle successfully produce hatchlings. Read more »

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In a shocking incident on 6th December, the ugly face of illegal wildlife trade in Delhi surfaced again, this time in a large market! At about 8:30 pm, Our Helpline received a tip off about some live wild animals being sold secretly in south Delhi’s INA market.

Just as our rescue team led by Arshad left for the location, we had also alerted the Police Control Room requesting police backup at the location. Read more »

OS rescued a four foot long adult Cobra from inside the Commonwealth Games venue - the RK Khanna Tennis Stadium. According to Harshad - Wildlife  SOS Rescue Team Member, "The SOS call about the snake was received through the Police Control Room at around 2 pm and a rescue team was desptached immediately to Gate No 12 of the stadium. A police constable spotted the cobra going into a sewer. Our team reached there at 2:40 pm and rescued the snake." Read more »

With the incessant spell of rains that Delhi is enjoying, it is not surprising that the Wildlife S.O.S. rescue helpline has not stopped buzzing, as the reptile community is coming over ground in search of food and shelter. One such call led to the rescue of a Common Krait, one of the deadly four reptiles found in Delhi, in the up market Saket area of South Delhi.
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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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It was a blistering hot day in the outskirts of Delhi. The roads were a blur of fast moving cars, all honking their way to their destinations. A few people sat on the cement fanning themselves. On the side of the roads were ice cream vendors, rickshaw pullers and construction workers. And --a 3' Monitor Lizard trying to scale the wall of a building!!
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Scaly anteater or Pangolin is a rare and highly endangered mammal found in the rocky terrain of Ramadurga, Agoli, Sanapura reserve forest and in Daroji Bear Sanctuary all in Karnataka state of India. It is a nocturnal animal that feeds upon ants only. It rips open the ant hill with its sharp claws and presses its snout into it and thrusts its sticky and flexible tongue inside the ant hill. Read more »