Join the Explorers Club and Wildlife SOS for a look into past and ongoing efforts to preserve India’s threatened wildlife.
Wildlife SOS is widely recognized for one of India’s most remarkable conservation successes—the eradication of the cruel practice of dancing bears. Building on this achievement, the organization is applying its expertise to tackle other pressing wildlife conservation challenges in India, including the protection of Asian elephants.
Asian elephants are an endangered species, with fewer than 40,000 individuals remaining worldwide. Over 60% of this population is found in India, making the country critical to the species’ long-term survival. Indian elephant populations face significant threats, including habitat fragmentation, human-wildlife conflict, and the ongoing demand for elephants in captivity. Wildlife SOS is working to both improve the welfare of captive elephants as well as implementing creative strategies to protect them in the wild.
Kartick Satyanarayan, Wildlife SOS co-founder, and one of the world’s most notable wildlife warriors, will be telling stories from his experiences in the field to conserve and protect India’s wildlife.
The event will premiere a heartwarming short film titled Saving Baby Bani about a little elephant hit by a speeding train, and her journey toward healing using hydrotherapy, physiotherapy, acupuncture, laser therapy and Ayurveda treatment—and lots of love. The film was written, edited and directed by Explorers Club member and award-winning filmmaker Peter von Puttkamer, and narrated by Emmy-nominated actor Tim Daly. The film is produced by Ecoflix, a non-profit video streaming channel dedicated to saving animals and the planet.
This in-person event at the Explorers Club Headquarters will include an audience Q&A.
Streaming live here on explorers.org, our YouTube Channel, and our Facebook Live — Thursday, March 27th at 7:00 pm ET.
RESERVATIONS
This will be an in-person lecture at Explorers Club Headquarters.
In-person tickets are $20 for Members, and $35 for the General Public.
Check-in will begin at 6:00 pm, with a beer and wine reception from 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Kartick Satyanarayan
Kartick Satyanarayan, Co-Founder and CEO of Wildlife SOS is known for his efforts to resolve the illegal practice of ‘dancing’ bears in India. He is focused on tackling wildlife conservation issues through biodiversity conservation, protecting habitat and creating conservation and education programs to mitigate human-wildlife conflict in India.
In 1995, he founded the charity Wildlife SOS India (wildlifesos.org) with Geeta Seshamani that runs several projects to support wildlife conservation in India including the largest rehabilitation center in the world for Sloth bears and the first ever Elephant Hospital in India.
Wildlife SOS works with indigenous communities and in partnership with the Indian Government to tackle the increasing human-wildlife conflict through awareness. Kartick is an Honorary Wildlife Warden of Delhi, member of the state wildlife advisory board, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, Member – Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, Member – Central Zoo Authority, and Member of the Leopard Conflict committee of the National Tiger Conservation Authority of India. He is a recipient of the San Diego Zoo Global Conservation Medal for “Conservation in Action” (2018) and has been felicitated with the Maharana Udai Singh Award, 2019, for conservation, and community rehabilitation work.
