Wildlife SOS
India · 28.61°N · 77.20°E
Rescuing India's wildlife and protecting the country's forests, biodiversity and natural heritage.
About Wildlife SOS
Wildlife SOS is a conservation NGO that rescues and rehabilitates India's wildlife and works to end the practices that exploit it.
India's wildlife faces mounting threats, from habitat loss and human-wildlife conflict to centuries-old practices that exploit animals for entertainment and income. Elephants are forced to beg and perform, bears were once made to dance, and countless animals are left injured or displaced with nowhere to turn.
Wildlife SOS began in 1995, when co-founders Kartick Satyanarayan and Geeta Seshamani started a rescue centre from a garage in New Delhi. It has since grown into one of India's largest wildlife rescue organisations, running a network of rehabilitation centres across the country. Its work rests on three pillars: rescue and care, conservation and habitat protection, and research.
The organisation is best known for ending the brutal dancing bear trade and for its elephant rescue and care, alongside dedicated work for leopards, reptiles and other species. Crucially, it tackles the root causes too, creating alternative, sustainable livelihoods for communities such as the Kalandars who once depended on wildlife to survive.
This matters because lasting change means protecting both animals and the people who share their landscape. Support helps fund rescues, lifelong sanctuary care, education and the community programmes that make coexistence possible, repaying nature for all it gives.
Dancing Bear Project
The campaign that ended bear dancing in India and rehomed the rescued sloth bears.
Elephant Conservation & Care
Retiring abused elephants from begging and tourism into spacious, dedicated care centres.
Leopard & Tiger Conservation
Reducing conflict and safeguarding India's big cats alongside the communities near them.
Conservation Education
Teaching children and communities to value and live peacefully with wildlife.
Projects & appeals
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