PfA Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Centre

Since childhood, we have been told the role of forests in our lives. How forest covers are responsible for purifying the oxygen, keeping the soil layers intact, and maintaining the groundwater levels. How forests provide us with basic needs like medicines and materials for food and shelter. How forests protect the animals and birds which are important to maintain the ecosystem on earth. As we grow up, capitalism takes over and we forget our forests. Our aim is to earn money, and for that, we need to join an office or meet this important college deadline or take that extra course for our resume. We completely ignore the more important things, the things which sustain us.  With increasing global warming and dying forests, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21st March as World Forestry Day, one day dedicated to highlighting the importance of forests and remind people of this irreplaceable resource. The theme of 2021 is "Forests and Biodiversity" which aims to spread ...

Victims of false beliefs and literature, bats have long been linked to ghosts, graveyards and spooky things. Our Founder-Trustee Ms Alpana Bhartia on what these flying mammals are all about.  Bats belong to the mammalian order Chiroptera, which is handwing in Greek. Some members of this group of flying mammals have existed in their present form for at least 50 million years. Almost a thousand different species are known worldwide. In Bangalore, the first survey of bats almost a century ago recorded 24 species. In recent times only eight species have been recorded. The decline could be due to the use of pesticides and a change in the landscape ecology of the city, which would have destroyed their natural habitat. Movies, television, and comic books often perpetuate myths and fears about bats that a surprising number of people believe. Bats have been associated with graveyards, death, ghosts, and goblins. But the fact is that bats do not get into your hair, they are not flying mice, ...