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Rescue And Release to the Wild Program
Another
of Wild Orissa’s
direct interventions in the cause of wildlife conservation has
been its
Rescue & Release to the Wilds Program.
During the year 2000 a Shikra chick was rescued from the clutches
of harassing crows, and it was reared for about 4 months, and then
released to freedom. Similarly a Sambar (Cervus
unicolor)
fawn was rescued at village Arjunapur in Khurda district and
released in the Berbera forests in the year 2000. Water Monitors
packed in sacks and meant to be sold and killed were intercepted
by
Wild Orissa
members at Bhubaneswar in 2000, and were released in Deras
Reservoir in the Chandaka Elephant Reserve. An Oriental Pratincole
chick which had wandered from its nest and being pursued by crows
was brought back to its nest in Mangalajodi in 2002. During the
2004 tiger census in the Mahanadi Reserved Forests in Orissa a
young mugger hatchling was rescued from fishing nets and released
into the River Mahanadi. A large flock of Rose Ringed Parakeets
was intercepted in 2004 while being put to sale in Bhubaneswar and
released. Our battle to ensure wildlife remains where it belongs
is still on.
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