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PROTECTING NATURE TO PRESERVE LIFE

Forests give us shade and shelter, refuge and refreshment, food and water and grasslands boasts of rich plant diversity – both are being lost to development and over-use which means less area for forests and grassland-specific species to live.

Both the forests and grasslands  are at risk for widespread degradation and deforestation For us and for the future generations, we will work to create, conserve, protect and restore habitats  on land and water  that animals need to survive to prevent their extinction, fragmentation, or reduction in range.

India’s total forest cover now stands at 697,898 sq km or 21.23% of the country’s area. That’s well short of the official goal to get cover up to 30% of land area (in February, the government has approved  £4.46m project to increase forest area). As both the human and wildlife populations increase, the level of human-animal conflict is also increasing.

In India,  several million people rely on agricultural crops and livestock for income.  A roaming tiger, leopard, bear, elephant, wild dogs, or other wild animals can pose a threat to their livelihood not to mention human life. Most common human-wildlife conflicts are injury, death, damage to crops, property, livestock predation etc.,

The immediate reaction of people would be to kill the animal involved.  Our aim would be to reduce the negative aspects of wildlife on human activities through education and awareness.

We shall conduct workshops, awareness training’s to sensitize and educate the people to deal with human wildlife conflict, like building, trenches, fences, setting up alarm systems and other mechanisms to the people that is living within and close by the forest areas and instill a sense of ownership and responsibility to protect the wildlife resources.

There is a need for establishing a long-term, sustainable wildlife disease monitoring program nation-wide with a focus on understanding disease and movement of disease among wildlife.  We hope to set up a regional capacity by involving biologists, veterinarians, veterinary students, Universities, diagnostics, etc., and other specialty Organizations with plans to conduct training’s to prevent, control, and respond to emerging infections diseases that affect the health of wildlife.

At first we will attempt to build a regional capacity with the latest practices in wildlife medicine to aid the veterinarians and conservation professionals.

The illegal trafficking of wildlife is now one of the world’s largest crimes.  Elephants, rhino, tiger, leopard,  are highly targeted along with many other species that are being hunted to extinction. These animals are the most difficult to protect, as poachers go to the most extreme lengths to kill them.

Poaching, and illegal hunting and killing of animals results in the death of tens of million of animals every year. If we can safeguard these animals, then entire ecosystems are protected.  We work with the forest departments in assisting their operations to hunt the poachers and killers.

Education is a key part of our mission.

We do educational presentations for schools, colleges, corporate organizations,  on a small or large scale.  We can tailor any presentation to your needs by focusing on a particular topic or theme.

Currently we offer Awareness Training Courses on:

*  Reptile Awareness & Conservation (On request live animal can be brought to educate the gathering)

*  Save Elephants

*  Man-Animal Conflict

*  Rescue Training

RESCUE

Wild Animals are a very misunderstood species by the urban society.  Due to urban expansion, and habitat loss wild animals move towards urban spaces causing panic amongst people.  Not all wild animals are a threat to human life.   We at WNCT rescue wild animals that enter human habitation and relocate them back to the forests.

REHABILITATION

Our rescuers rush the rescued species or attend to the wild animals at their habitat to get them professional care if they are sick, injured, or orphaned  and ultimately returned back to their natural habitat.