Born wild endangered, is a special series that will travel across India, to explore the conservation and survival challenges facing some of India's most iconic species like, our national heritage animal, the Elephant, the common leopard and the snow leopard, the great Indian bustard and the Amur Falcons, the olive ridley turtles, the gharials and dolphins to name a few.
We will explore their habitats and the threats to the habitat. On the show you will not only meet the animals but also the people who are fighting to save them and the people who are affected by having the wild on their doorstep everyday as wild landscapes shrink across India. The show hopes to raise awareness on the trifecta of dangers facing our natural heritage, habitat loss, poaching and human animal conflict.
We will look for solutions, find answers and speak to experts on the ground. We will celebrate the fact that we are one of only 17 mega diverse countries on this planet and hope to emphasize why it's absolutely crucial to save this treasure. Not only is it our last bastion against coming ravages of climate change, while being our food, water and clean air sources but the wild is the essence of who we all are, at the end of the day, mammals who need nature to survive.
Written by Swati Thiyagarajan | Wednesday April 18, 2018With the snow leopard getting on everyone's bucket list these days and the mountains anyway being a huge draw, the local people of Ladakh now get to organise home stays which earns them some steady and extra income.
- Written by Swati Thiyagarajan | Wednesday April 18, 2018 , New Delhi
Wildlife SOS aims to restore not just the physical health of the elephants rescued from captivity but also their mental well being, and allowing them to live out a life of retirement in surroundings that are as close to the wild as possible
In Pics: Search For The Elusive Snow Leopard In Ladakh
With the snow leopard getting on everyone's bucket list these days and the mountains anyway being a huge draw, the local people of Ladakh now get to organise home stays which also earns them some steady and extra income
Why Elephants Should Be Freed From A Life Of Captivity
In India, there are about 3000 to 3500 captive elephants, which are deprived of their natural environment, often isolated in the alien world of human behaviours and practices. Chained up almost for the entire time of their captivity, these elephants are prone to develop symptoms of trauma and need specific care. Here are a few pictures showcasing the life of captive elephants.
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Swati Thiyagarajan, Environment Editor
Born wild is the first long running series on wildlife and conservation on a news channel.
Swati Thiyagarajan has won two Ramnath Goenka Awards for excellence in environment journalism, the Carl Zeiss award for contributing toward tiger conservation amongst others.
Apart from the awards, she was also invited to be a jury member at WildScreen Festival in England, the largest wildlife festival in the world. Her film The Animal Communicator has over 5 million hits on YouTube and she has just completed a book on her television series.
The book is titled Born Wild and is being published in June 2017 by Bloomsbury India.
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