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Our work

Our work, in numbers

Figures from our rescue records, updated through the day. Grouped so that no single rescue, caller or location can be identified.

animals rescued since 2013
12,000
rescued so far in 2026
608
rescued in Oct 2026
15
rescues completed
2,382
animals given rehabilitation care
352
species rescued
96
rescuers active in the last 12 months
32
forest ranges served
14
of calls taken by a rescuer within 30 minutes
87%

Month by month

Animals rescued, last 12 months

  • Reptiles
  • Birds
  • Mammals

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Animals rescued, last 12 months Nov 2025: 70 animals. Dec 2025: 45 animals. Jan 2026: 56 animals. Feb 2026: 56 animals. Mar 2026: 47 animals. Apr 2026: 35 animals. May 2026: 33 animals. Jun 2026: 65 animals. Jul 2026: 119 animals. Aug 2026: 90 animals. Sep 2026: 92 animals. Oct 2026: 15 animals. 0 50 100 150 Nov 2025: 53 reptiles, 3 birds, 14 mammals Nov Dec 2025: 32 reptiles, 13 birds, 0 mammals Dec Jan 2026: 26 reptiles, 27 birds, 3 mammals Jan Feb 2026: 22 reptiles, 20 birds, 14 mammals Feb Mar 2026: 35 reptiles, 11 birds, 1 mammals Mar Apr 2026: 20 reptiles, 10 birds, 5 mammals Apr May 2026: 16 reptiles, 14 birds, 3 mammals May Jun 2026: 40 reptiles, 21 birds, 4 mammals Jun Jul 2026: 95 reptiles, 18 birds, 6 mammals Jul Aug 2026: 76 reptiles, 7 birds, 7 mammals Aug Sep 2026: 71 reptiles, 17 birds, 4 mammals Sep Oct 2026: 15 reptiles, 0 birds, 0 mammals Oct

Who we rescue

Reptiles, birds and mammals

  • 20.4%

    622

    Birds

  • 6.5%

    200

    Mammals

  • 73.1%

    2,233

    Reptiles

Seasons

When the calls come

All recorded years combined. Snake calls rise with the monsoon, when flooded burrows push them into homes and gardens.

  • Reptiles
  • Birds
  • Mammals

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When the calls come Jan: 251 animals. Feb: 188 animals. Mar: 179 animals. Apr: 152 animals. May: 131 animals. Jun: 245 animals. Jul: 316 animals. Aug: 238 animals. Sep: 344 animals. Oct: 427 animals. Nov: 318 animals. Dec: 266 animals. 0 100 200 300 400 500 Jan: 154 reptiles, 72 birds, 25 mammals Jan Feb: 99 reptiles, 68 birds, 21 mammals Feb Mar: 129 reptiles, 47 birds, 3 mammals Mar Apr: 83 reptiles, 43 birds, 26 mammals Apr May: 64 reptiles, 61 birds, 6 mammals May Jun: 161 reptiles, 75 birds, 9 mammals Jun Jul: 242 reptiles, 52 birds, 22 mammals Jul Aug: 201 reptiles, 24 birds, 13 mammals Aug Sep: 278 reptiles, 47 birds, 19 mammals Sep Oct: 367 reptiles, 43 birds, 17 mammals Oct Nov: 257 reptiles, 38 birds, 23 mammals Nov Dec: 198 reptiles, 52 birds, 16 mammals Dec

Where animals turn up

Found in places you would not expect

  1. House 1,100 animals
  2. Inside Housing Complex 489 animals
  3. Road Side 429 animals
  4. In Garden 350 animals
  5. Lobby 201 animals
  6. Construction Site 167 animals
  7. Between Rocks 82 animals
  8. Inside Hole 62 animals
  9. Other (smaller groups combined) 158 animals

Response

How quickly a rescuer takes the call

87%

of calls taken within 30 minutes

93%

within an hour

Time from a case being logged to a rescuer accepting it, across 3,743 cases. Travel time comes after this.

  1. Under 15 min80.6%
  2. 15–30 min6.8%
  3. 30–60 min5.5%
  4. 1–2 hours3%
  5. 2–4 hours1.6%
  6. Over 4 hours2.5%

Around the clock

Calls by hour of day

16% of calls come between 8 pm and 6 am. The helpline never closes.

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Calls by hour of day 00: 34. 01: 23. 02: 11. 03: 4. 04: 2. 05: 6. 06: 7. 07: 26. 08: 44. 09: 103. 10: 211. 11: 257. 12: 317. 13: 364. 14: 322. 15: 337. 16: 312. 17: 247. 18: 203. 19: 200. 20: 158. 21: 136. 22: 110. 23: 80. 0 100 200 300 400 00: 34 00 01: 23 02: 11 03: 4 03 04: 2 05: 6 06: 7 06 07: 26 08: 44 09: 103 09 10: 211 11: 257 12: 317 12 13: 364 14: 322 15: 337 15 16: 312 17: 247 18: 203 18 19: 200 20: 158 21: 136 21 22: 110 23: 80

Forest ranges

Rescues by forest range

  1. Thane 2,649 animals
  2. Navi Mumbai 182 animals
  3. Mumbai 153 animals
  4. Yeoor 17 animals
  5. Padgha 15 animals
  6. Bhiwandi 12 animals
  7. Dahanu 7 animals
  8. Mangroves Navi Mumbai 6 animals
  9. Other (smaller groups combined) 14 animals

Year by year

Animals rescued each year

Animals rescued each year 2023*: 553. 2024: 1036. 2025: 858. 2026*: 608. 0 500 1,000 1,500 2023*: 553 2023* 2024: 1,036 2024 2025: 858 2025 2026*: 608 2026*

* Part year: records start in Sep 2023, and 2026 is still under way. The 8,945 rescues from 2013 until then are included in the lifetime total but not shown by year.

Rescuer leaderboard

Most animals rescued

This year · 2026

  1. 1 Shivam Dubey 145
  2. 2 Prit Chavan 47
  3. 3 WWA Helpline 46
  4. 4 Prathamesh Rupwate 38
  5. 5 Kiran Thakare 34
  6. 6 Shlok Singh 26
  7. 7 Mayur Dalvi 19
  8. 8 Suved Rasam 18
  9. 9 Jatin Patkar 14
  10. 10 Abhijit More 9

All recorded years

  1. 1 Shivam Dubey 439
  2. 2 Shlok Singh 283
  3. 3 Prit Chavan 179
  4. 4 Mandar Sawant 168
  5. 5 WWA Helpline 152
  6. 6 Kiran Thakare 108
  7. 7 Prathamesh Rupwate 102
  8. 8 Suved Rasam 94
  9. 9 Prathmesh Rupwate 87
  10. 10 Abhijit More 78

How we protect callers and animals

These figures are counts drawn from our rescue records. They never include who called us, or where an animal was found or released. Places are grouped by forest range at most, and any species, place or range with fewer than 5 rescues is combined into "Other", so no single rescue can be identified.

Updated 6 Oct 2026, 10:46 pm IST · records from Sep 2023