The biggest threat to life that urban monkeys face is electrocution on the live electric wires seen everywhere. These sweet and innocent monkey babies were injured and lost their limbs and their families. They have all recovered after months of treatment and nursing, and have now formed a troop with other
I am sure all of us animal lovers have stories of how we have helped the animals around us! One example of this happened several days ago with a little traumatised bird found laying on the ground, after it had crashed into a window. Many times we at Karuna are not able to do much
Krishna has been with us for over 11 years! He is a male sloth bear, rescued in 2009 after being abandoned by his mother in the forest, and discovered by villagers. His brother Arjuna was rescued on the same day. Now he is really happy being free in our big “Bear Paradise” compound, with his
Please check your vehicles for animals before getting in to drive! This pretty yellow guy was hiding in a tire, but was unable to come out due to a crowd of people gathered around watching. Thankfully Karuna’s Wildlife Manager hero Crystal got him out single-handedly and released him in a safe are far from human
We found this little guy, an Indian Pond Terrapin turtle, fallen in a dumpster and unable to climb out. We rescued it and checked it thoroughly but happily, there were no injuries, so we safely released it into the free wild again!
Our Wildlife Keeper, Keshava (shown in green shirt, mixing feed), cracked a joke, and Rama the bear couldn’t contain her laughter! Bear Giri is beside Rama, and he is trying to figure out what is so funny…😂😂 Photo Credit Krystal Joan
We received a little monkey who suffered an injury – he was electrocuted and fell from a tree to the ground. His troupe was moving on so his mother had to abandon him and leave with the group. Our Wildlife Manager Krystal calms and distracts the little guy with a banana, so his injury can
We received information from the Forest Department about a python stuck in a fishnet at a lake in Kamavaripalli. Our Secretary Cheruvu Narendra Reddy, assisted by our Wildlife Manager Crystal and others, safely rescued and removed the dangerous netting from the snake, and it was later released in a remote forest area. The local news reported
Our rescued bear Giri is enjoying the ‘sugarcane enrichment’ that we distributed to all the bears!Â
Our rescued bears, Ramaa and Balu, look forward to their daily meals of porridge and a variety of fruits!