Every year, we celebrate World Vulture Awareness Day on the first Saturday of September. This year, the Wild CER students’ club had organized a guest lecture on “Vulture Conservation…Vet’s perspective” with Guest lecturer Dr. Bahar Baviskar, Wildlife veterinarian and President Wild-CER at Nagpur Veterinary College. Dr. Sanjay Banubakode (Head of Department Veterinary Anatomy, …
PRESS RELEASE With increased urbanization and ever-increasing human population in India, there has been rapid decline in the forest cover which is resulting in frequent confrontations of wild animals with human being. Many a times we need to rescue the wild animals, provide veterinary support and release them back to …
Wild-CER participated actively in the Conservation Partner’s Meet organized at Infinity Resorts, Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve, in March 2023. Our conservation partner, Wildlife Trust of India organized this event at Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand. 49 organisations working under four partnership alliances gathered to discuss the state of wildlife conservation …
An Egyptian vulture was rescued from Manewada area of Nagpur, Maharashtra state. The bird was severely dehydrated, weak and was unable to stand on its own, when it was first observed. Therefore it was immediately transferred to Critical Care Unit of Wild-CER. Forest department personnel were informed about the rescue, …
We are delighted to announce that Wild-CER is now conservation partner of ASAP, IUCN. The IUCN SSC Asian Species Action Partnership (ASAP) is an alliance of conservation organisations with the collective aim of focusing urgent conservation attention on the species most at risk of extinction in Southeast Asia. ASAP was formed …
Two training workshops on “Wildlife Investigation through Forensic Techniques”for frontline staff of Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra and Gondia Territorial division were organized on 12 – 13th June 2019 in Gondia district, Maharashtra. The training program was organized by Society for Wildlife Conservation, Education and Research (Wild-CER), hosted by Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger …
Findings of the eight year research on ‘Man-animal conflict’ in Central India conducted by Wild-CER was presented during the 3rd Asian Wild Cat Conservation Workshop, Taiwan. The work on ‘Formulating strategies for handling negative interactions involving large cats in Central India’ was presented by Dr. Bahar Baviskar, Wildlife Veterinarian, Wild-CER …
A Research student of Cambridge, UK is conducting an assessment of IBCN partners in India. Miss Odacy Davis who is pursuing her M. Phil. in conservation leadership visited Nagpur and interacted with members of Wild –CER. She discussed various issues of conservation at international level and shared her experiences with …
Wild-CER treated hundreds of birds from the destroyed heronary In a heart rendering incident, villagers at Daheli in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra cut down 9 tamarind trees due to foul smelling of the droppings of the birds. Hundreds of nests of cattle egret, little egret, Intermediate egrets, open billed stork and …
A mottled wood owl (Strix ocellata) was rescued in February 2015 and brought to Critical Care Unit of Society for Wildlife Conservation, Education and Research (Wild-CER). Wild-CER is a Nagpur based conservation organization mainly involved in rescue and rehabilitation of the wild animals in Central India and works in collaboration …
