Episode 4: Wildlife SOS

Today we will be speaking with Nikki Sharp, Executive Director of Wildlife SOS.  Founded in 1995, Wildlife SOS is a non-profit conservation based in India to help rescue and rehabilitate wildlife that has been exploited, mistreated, or in distress, as well as protecting India’s habitats, forests, and biodiversity.  Wildlife SOS’s broad efforts of saving and protecting wildlife includes conservation of animals and their habitat, welfare that involves medical care for injured and abused animals, research of animals in their natural habitat as well as outreach to communities to reduce or resolve human-wildlife conflict.  I first learned of Wildlife SOS when I read of their rescue of an elephant named Raju in 2014.  Raju lived through 50 years of abuse by his owner who kept him in spiked shackles.  I remember reading Raju actually cried when he was rescued and I cried as well knowing Wildlife SOS was able to save him and give him the life he so deserves.  In this episode, we will learn how Wildlife SOS got its start by eradicating the “Dancing Bear” practice, its recent rescue of Emma the Elephant, its new project of tracking elephant herds to help reduce human-elephant conflict, and so much more!To learn more of Wildlife SOS, please click on the links below:Website: Wildlife SOSTwitter: @WildlifeSOSFacebook: /wildlifesosindiaInstagram: /wildlifesosYoutube: Wildlife SOS ChannelWebsite: http://www.wildforchange.comTwitter: @WildForChangeFacebook: /wildforchangeInstagram: wildforchange