Turtles are often the unintended victims of fishing activities, as they can get entangled in hooks, nets, or lines. This can cause serious injuries or even death for these endangered animals. Fortunately, there are some organizations that work to rescue and rewild turtles that have been harmed by fishing gear. They provide medical care, rehabilitation, and release programs for the turtles, as well as education and awareness campaigns for the public. By rescuing and rewilding turtles, they help to conserve these amazing creatures and their habitats.

The Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) is a large arboreal rodent native to the Indian subcontinent. It is mainly herbivorous and feeds on fruits, nuts, seeds, bark, and resin. Captive born individuals may develop dental problems due to improper diet, lack of chewing materials, or genetic factors. The treatment of captive born Indian giant squirrel teeth involves regular examination, trimming, extraction, or root canal therapy depending on the severity of the condition. The treatment should be performed by a qualified veterinarian with experience in exotic animal dentistry. In this episode, we will learn how we rescued the Indian giant squirrel, a species that lives in the tropical forests of India.

Hello Friends, Prof. Rouven Yosef is an ornithologist with over three decades of bird ringing experience. He lives in Eilat in Israel and is the recipient of Rolex Award. He is also a research adviser and member of Ela Foundation. In this episode Prof. Rouven Yosef, speaks to you on the menace of the invasive species Use headphones for best experience! Do share, subscribe & like! WLCI Podcast is available on prominent platforms like Spotify, Google, Amazon, SoundCloud..

Hello Friends, Let us begin our today's episode. Prof. Karen Wiebe - is from the university of Saskatchewan, Canada, she is studying woodpeckers for 23 years and snowy owls for 6 years. In this episode she will speak to you on amazing life of Northern Flicker. Use headphones for best experience! Do share, subscribe & like! WLCI Podcast is available on prominent platforms like Spotify, Google, Amazon, SoundCloud..

Hello Friends, Let us begin our today's episode. Prof. Karen Wiebe - is from the university of Saskatchewan, Canada, she is studying woodpeckers for 23 years and snowy owls for 6 years. In this episode she will speak to you on the beautiful but challenging Snowy Owls which dwells in subzero temperature of Arctic habitats. Use headphones for best experience! Do share, subscribe & like! WLCI Podcast is available on prominent platforms like Spotify, Google, Amazon, SoundCloud..

Hello Friends, In today's episode we have with us Dr. James Duncan. Dr. James Duncan, stays in Manitoba, Canada. He is the founder of an organization “Discover Owls”dedicated to Education, Rescue & Conservation of Owls. He is studying owls for over 30 years & he has authored the definitive “Owls of the World” book. In today’s episode he will speak to you on two strix species of owls (The Great Gray Owl & The Barred Owl) & relate them to strix species in India, The Mottled Wood Owl & The Brown Wood Owl. Use headphones for best experience! Do share, subscribe & like! WLCI Podcast is available on prominent platforms like Spotify, Google, Amazon, SoundCloud..

In this episode, Dr. Henry Noltie develops the podcast on Alexander Gibson to India’s 2nd conservator of forest, Dr. Hugh Cleghorn, of the Madras Presidency. Use headphones for best experience! Do share, subscribe & like! WLCI Podcast is available on prominent platforms like Spotify, Google, Amazon, SoundCloud..

Hello Friends, Welcome to Season 3; Today we will listen to Dr. Henry Noltie, a research associate of the Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh. He specializes in the history of Indian botany, with the particular interest in botanical drawings made my Indian artists. Dr. Henry Noltie gives a brief introduction to Alexander Gibson, the first conservator of forest of the Bombay Presidency. Use Headphones for Better Experience! Do share, subscribe & like! WLCI Podcast available on prominent platforms like Soundcloud, Spotify, Google, Amazon.....

Hello! Season 2 - Episode 8 - Tiger In this episode Dr. Suruchi Pande takes you on a safari in the dense Indian forests to meet the mighty predator “the tiger”. Forest is safe where a tiger dwells in all its glory. No wonder Indian wilderness has so many deities related to tiger. Stay tuned. Use headphones for better experience. Like+Share+Subscribe Thanks!

Season 2 -Episode 7- Peafowl Hello Listeners, Indian Peafowl is arguably the most beautiful elegant bird of the world and is the National bird of India. In the seventh episode, Dr. Suruchi Pande introduces you to the various links of the “Mayur” the peacock with ancient Indian conservation thought. A must listen episode. Use Headphones for Immersive Experience. Do Subscribe+Share+Like! Tune-in Nature!!

Season 2 - Episode No.6 - Vulture In the sixth episode, Dr. Suruchi Pande has looked at the scavenging and now critically endangered vulture using the modern torchlight to understand the secret from the past. Indian culture admired the vulture and epic Ramayana commemorates the role of vultures: “Jatayu and Sampaati” in exemplary words. Don’t miss this episode. Do Subscribe, Share & Like! Headphones recommended for immersive experience. Tune-in Nature!

Hello Listeners, In the fifth episode, Dr. Suruchi Pande will unfold the oldest references to the mighty eagle from Vedic times to the historic period in the Indian culture. She has found no less than 57 synonyms to this master of the skies, but there's much more to listen to it. Do Subscribe, Share & Like! Headphones required for immersive experience. Thanks, Tune-in Nature.

Season 2 - E4- Fish In the fourth episode, Dr. Suruchi Pande dives in deep water of Indian mythology & culture to meet the streamline, silvery, agile fishes. You will be amazed to know how fish has became an integral part of Indian culture. There is much more fish than mere food. Do Subscribe, Share & Like! Headphones recommended for immersive experience. Thanks! Tune-in Nature.

Monitor Lizard - In the third episode, you will meet a shy, secretive burrowing reptile from the Indian Sub-continent. Let us meet the monitor lizard which is mercilessly hunted till date for its flesh. Our ancestors admired it; we need to follow their footsteps. Do Subscribe, Share & Like! Headphones recommended for immersive experience. Tune in Nature!

Hello, E2- Tortoise - In the second episode, Dr. Suruchi Pande introduces you the first incarnation or avatar of Lord Vishnu when he assumed the form of turtle to support Mount Meru on his back in the amazingly wonderful act of churning the ocean. The tortoise is a long lived animal deserving an deepest respect. Headphone recommended for immersive experience! Do Subscribe, Share & Like! Thank you have a nice day..

Welcome to Season II - Animals in Indian Culture - Series of 8 episodes In this episode Dr. Suruchi Pande takes you to the fascinating journey of vocal frogs as they chant their hymns in the wet monsoon season of India. Today these amphibians are threatened due to habitat loss and water pollution. Headphones recommended. Do Subscribe, Share & Like!

Let us listen to the first ever anthem, dedicated to the mesmerizing sounds of the night & darkness. This is the “Owl anthem”. Owls are undoubtedly the masters of the night skies. The main performers of the nocturnal orchestra are the owls. They are accompanied by the cicadas, frogs, an occasional lapwing and the tireless nightjars. You will listen to the calls of Barn Owl, Spotted Owlet, Indian Scops Owl, Oriental Scops Owl, Mottled Wood Owl, Brown Wood Owl, Brown Hawk Owl & Indian Eagle Owl. The anthem starts with the sounds of twilight as the reign of darkness begins. The night sounds slowly unfold themselves & take you to hypnotic secret world lit by Stars & Moonlight. The anthem ends with the first musical whistle of the Malabar whistling Thrush at dawn. Ela Foundation invites you to the composition of mystic, invisible world of the Owls as the moonbeam plays to their resonant hoots. Owl anthem was first played at the inaugural function of the 6th World Owl Conference held at Pune, India by Ela Foundation & Savitribai Phule Pune University with Maharashtra State Forest Department and World Owl Organizing Committee. Thank you! Do subscribe, share & like! Headphone recommended! Do subscribe, share & like!

In this final episode on owls Dr. Suruchi Pande will speak on "How owls are deeply imbibed in the rich cultural heritage of India". As an ethno-ornithologist she tells us how culture can be used for conservation. Do subscribe, share and like! Use headphones for better experience...

In this episode Prof. Dr. Satish Pande will speak to you on how we at Ela Foundation contribute towards Owl Conservation. Do Subscribe, Share & Like! Plug in your headphones for better experience.. Thanks! Enjoy.

Prof. Dr. Satish Pande will continue from the previous episode about superstition & owls and he will speak to you about the necessity of owl conservation. Do Subscribe, Share & Like! Plug-in headphones for best experience...