On 31st July, 31 (terrapins and star tortoise) were rescued by ARPF - Hyderabad with count of 4 Star Tortoise, 14 Soft Shells and 13 RES. Rescued reptiles were later handed over to the forest dept and released in the wilderness.

Meanwhile a Rat Snake was rescued and released by ARPF - Indore team and a Black Kite was rescued and handed over for further treatment by ARPF - Vizag Team (photos awaited)

ARPF board would like to thank the volunteers and the department for carrying out this wonderful life saving operation.

On occasion of International Tiger Day - 2015, ARPF - India teams at Indore , Hyderabad and Vizag celebrated Global Tiger day with school kids. Tiger walks were conducted with kids shouting slogans and spreading awareness among the general public in all three cities followed by drawing/painting, debate and essay writing competitions on Tigers. 

ARPF - India would like to thank all the school management, local focal points, parents, volunteers and media partners for making this day a successful celebration. A special thanks to all the wonderful and power pack kids for being so high on energy and marking the celebrations in right spirit.

- ARPF Board.

A fully grown peahen was rescued from Ameerpet - one of the busiest street in Hyderabad. Rescue Call was received  at around 730am following which the rescue team immediately rushed to the spot and rescued the peahen tied by the people present at the venue.The bird was later handed over to Forest Department at KBR park and released post medical check up.

On the occasion of World Environment Day the volunteers of ARPF Hyderabad visited an orphanage, conducted a drawing competition for children and planted saplings. This was followed by a session for children discussing about the importance of conserving environment and celebrating world environment day!

While the volunteers of ARPF Indore conducted a wildlife photography competition and drawing competition for kids. This was followed by a reptile education awareness program.

As part of the MoU signed with Indore zoo for conservation of wild animals, a Fox conservation breeding center was launched at Indore zoo. 3:4 foxes will be left in the center for first stage of study project.

ARPF field report : ANNUAL WILDLIFE CENSUS

ARPF has been a part of the annual wildlife census assisted by the Telangana Forest Officials and the Forest Guards at the Mrugavani National Park, Chilkur on April 26, 2015. The census today was conducted for the carnivorous species by trial method. Where we walked along the forest trial looking for signs of carnivorous animals like pug marks, raking on trees and also physical sightings of animals like leopards and jackal. 


The volunteers assembled at the spot by 6 am and were divided into two teams with a 5 km trial to walk. Both the teams finished their trial in 2 hours. 
There was no prominent presence of carnivores in the Mrugavani National Park but trials of jackal and jungle cat were found. 


The volunteers learnt how to identify the animals based on their pellets, pug marks and raking on trees and that silence is a very important to observe wildlife.
The forest guards shared little valuable information with the volunteers like how they provide nutritious food to the deer. First food like corn and other vegetables are grown in an empty land with fencing to protect damage from other animals. Once the crops are fully grown the fencing is removed so the deer can feed onto the plants.

"Gaining knowledge is the first step to wisdom and sharing it is the first step to humanity.”

The Green Nest brought around 20 kids from an orphanage for a trip along the zoo and ARPF made it more educational and memorable by sharing interesting facts and information about the animals at the zoo and in general. 
There was an interactive session at the end of the trip where the kids shared with the volunteers about their experience at the zoo and what they have learnt. 
The guided tour went about for 3 hours and ended with a smile on the kids faces.

Indore NESTed !

Our Sparrow March has now reached central India. ARPF team gave a talk and briefed the dignitaries of Indore Muncipal Corporation (IMC) on importance of birds and how to conserve their habitat.

Indore Mayor Smt. Malini Goud, IMC chairman Chandu Shinde and Indore Zoo Director Dr. Uttam Yadav pledged their support for our NEST campaign and took interest in nesting sparrow boxes in and around the city.

Vizag NESTed ! 

Our Sparrow March is on a national campaign and has reached Vizag. ARPF team gave a talk on Importance of Birds and Sparrow Conservation and NESTed Rishi Gurukulam at Vizag along with our local support and co ordinators. 

We are thankful to the Director Mrs. Lakshmi Mohan and our Co ordinator Ravi Yellayi for their invitation and wonderful hospitality. Special thanks to all our young sparrow warriors at Rishi Gurukulam who pledged their support and adopted the NEST boxes.

ARPF - Sparrow March photo album.

Team ARPF conducted Sparrow March for spreading awareness regarding the decreasing number of sparrow population. The theme for the march was Web of Life!
Around 300 people participated in the rally which was also supported by Bajaj Avenger Club - Hyderabad. The event was later followed by Bird watching session, Drawing/painting competition and Flash mob.
The event was flagged off by Mr. Jayesh Ranjan, IAS ; Mr. Raghuveer Ponangi, IFS ; Mr. G. Chandrashekhar Reddy, IFS; Mr. Ramana Gogula, Music director and other dignitaries.
Team ARPF would like to specially thank HMDA, Rotract Club and STAR ngo for their support and aid provided during the complete event.