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The Price of Human-Wildlife Conflict: A Call for Conservation and Coexistence

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The interaction between humans and wildlife often comes with a price, and unfortunately, these encounters are not uncommon. However, many people fail to realise the consequences of their actions and the impact they have on these magnificent and sentient beings. While it's understandable that the appearance and behaviours of wildlife can be awe-inspiring, it is not justifiable to exploit this amazement for personal gain. In pursuing greed, one unknowingly pays a much higher price. People often assume that removing animals from their natural habitats or creating obstacles in their path is harmless. However, these actions come at the expense of the well-being, and often the lives, of these animals. A visit to our rescue centre would reveal the silent victims who have suffered unspeakable cruelty as a result of the human-wildlife conflict. The animals we rescue have been displaced from their natural homes and subjected to forceful attempts at domestication. Some have even been mutilate...

Wildly Beneficial: Unraveling Bengaluru's Urban Wildlife Impact this World Environment Day

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Today, although seemingly another Monday, has brought around something more than just the usual Monday morning blues. Because today just so happens to be World Environment Day. And sure, it hums a tune of celebration of the existence and preservation of the environment but it also poses an important question to every person. How have you contributed towards the environment recently? If you are looking for ways to begin or increase your efforts then you have wound up at the right place. Because there is a goldmine of species in your midst that you could easily aid. It is often perceived when advocating for a better environment and world for us all, we include certain birds and critters in the bracket of things we need to conserve and protect. But we often fail to recognise how they too aid in preserving the environment and nature in our stead. We are wildly co-dependent on urban wildlife but this fact is often overlooked and as time has gone by, so have the triumphant days of these anim...