Hit and run On 8 august 2017 WWA recieved a call ,reportedly the Wild cat was hit by a car near talavde jotibha nagar , pune. Due to immediate follow up and action taken by rescuers Vikram Bhosale and Abhijit Pawar wild cat was rescued and handed over to Bahina Bai Choudhary zoo, Katraj. Af
Cities are connected to forest therefore over the years monkeys have adapted to urban habitats . Their ability to adapt to new habitat not only helped them survive but also their population boomed. In forest , monkeys spend about 14 hours in search of food where as in cities due to availability of
On the occasion of Nagpanchami Team of Wildlife Welfare Association along with Bhamburda range forest office patrolled the Pune city and outskirts to keep a check on Snake charmers activity. Our team visited the following areas and seized snakes from charmers. 1.Bhavani Peth 2. Yerawda Bhaji M
On 18 July 2017 our team was invited at Voltas Company, Gandhinagar , Thane for the conducting awareness program about snakes and myths related to it. The program was conducted by our volunteer Rohit Mohite Manasi Nathwani Omkar Kolekar Yatin Shitole Omkara Anil Saturdekar. Our new intern from Eg
A beautiful trail to Matheran once again done successfully wiith about 25km walking and all of these young ones, filled with energy and enthusiasm to walk more and more. Special thanks to our leader Mr. Kaustubh Srikanth, volunteer/experts: Mr Omkar kolekar and Mr Vickiee without whom we would not
On 18/08/2017 , we received a distress call regarding a snake being spotted in a residential area, Upwan, Thane. As soon as we received the call our rescuers Jeet Gupta and Omkar kolekar rushed over to the spot and rescued an Indian spectacled cobra who was taking a refuge in a pile of sticks. After
Turtles are facing a race for survival, and it's up to humans to ensure their victory for our future. Remember the fable of the hare and the tortoise in which the tortoise wins the race because of the rabbit's fecklessness? Well today, this slow and steady creature is up against a fa
Recently our volunteer Hari Reddy received distress call about snake being stuck in the glue trap from a society in Rawet, Pune. Upon reaching the spot he identified snake as Common Trinket Snake. There was also a dead rat stuck in the trap. Snake must have come there to eat the rat and in the pr
On 19 august 2017 , WWA team conducted an awareness program about 'Co-existence with monkeys' at Puraniks Rumah Bali residency, Thane. The residency is located near Sanjay Gandhi national park , apparently there are monkey troops present here. With assistance of forest department(Thane
On 8th October our Wildlife Welfare Association team was invited by Gharonda Society,Pimple Saudagar,Pune to conduct awareness Program about the snakes. The session was conducted by Aditya D Patil and Ravi Suresh Lohire. Approximately 30-35 people attended this session. People present were enl