page_title: Wildlife SOS
section_title: Conservation Awareness
hierarchical_section_title: Wildlife SOS / Projects / Conservation Awareness
caption_attribution_description: English: Orphaned rhesus macaque rescued by Wildlife SOS
context_page_description: Wildlife SOS is a conservation non-profit in India, established in 1995 with the primary objective of rescuing and rehabilitating wildlife in distress, and preserving India’s natural heritage. It is currently one of the largest Wildlife Organisations in South Asia.
  Although internationally known for groundbreaking work of eradicating the cruel and barbaric practice of dancing bears from the streets of India while creating alternative livelihoods for the nomadic communities that depended on the exploitation of the bears, WSOS is also known for their efforts at rescue and rehabilitation of sloth bears and more recently elephants. Wildlife SOS also runs active projects focused on mitigation of human wildlife conflict with regard to species like leopards, macaques, elephants, moon bears, snakes, and other animals across several states in India. In addition, their work includes projects targeted at biodiversity and habitat conservation, awareness workshops and anti-poaching operations, as well as the rehabilitation of communities dependent on performing or working animals for their livelihood. Their work was documented in the TV series "India's Jungle Heroes."
context_section_description: Understanding that human involvement is crucial to conservation efforts, Wildlife SOS works with local communities in urban and rural areas to educate people regarding their local wildlife and ecosystem. Programs focus on teaching locals how to live sustainably with their environment, helping people deal with man-animal conflict in vulnerable areas and involving locals in conservation efforts such as tree-plantation drives in Jammu and Kashmir, plastic removal drives in Bannerghatta and cleaning the Dal lake with the help of students from local schools and colleges.
  Wildlife SOS also routinely hosts workshops with law officers, forest department enforcement officers, police and customs officials to educate them about the wildlife trade, recognition of contraband, basic understanding of related law in the field, conflict mitigation and rescue techniques to control human-animal conflict.
caption: Orphaned rhesus macaque rescued by Wildlife SOS
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