OUR WORK
OUR WORK
Compassion on ground.
From training police and forest officers in wildlife law, to backing frontline staff, to walking school children through their own backyard forests – our work spans six programme areas across Karnataka, guided by the One Health approach.
People · Animals · Nature · Environment
Four domains. Six programmes. One connected approach to health and habitat.
CAPACITY BUILDING
Training those who enforce the law
Laws protect animals only when the people enforcing them know how to apply them. We run structured sessions on the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 including the 2022 amendments and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960 for the officers who handle these cases first.
- Sessions for various rank of officers at the Police Training Schools, including refresher and pre-promotional courses drawing officers from across Karnataka
- Training for various rank of Forest officers spanning DCF, ACF, RFO, DRFO, Beat Foresters and Watchers
- Detection of wildlife offences and the paperwork behind a sound Wildlife Offence Report.
FRONTLINE SUPPORT
Standing with frontline forest staff
In the 2026 fire season we worked alongside forest staff in three tiger reserve landscapes – not with statements, but with supplies, vehicles and skills that make early detection possible.
- Various Tiger reservers of South: essential rations, tools and a 4WD vehicle with driver for reaching remote fire locations
- On-site training for ground staff in wildlife law, offence detection and drone operations
- Equipment and a wildlife law reference book donated to young trainees entering the forest service
- Bird booklets distributed to tribal children living inside the reserve landscape
COEXISTENCE
Mitigating human-animal conflict
Conflict is rarely the animal’s fault and never solved by fear. We work on both ends – reducing the risk of dangerous encounters and responding scientifically when they happen.
- Snakebite mitigation and ethical snake handling, trained to the standards of the Operation Manual for Certified Snake Rescuers
- Field surveys across villages in Raichur and Yadgiri districts, documenting the ground reality of hunting and conflict alongside community livelihoods
- Technical and documentation support during the ethical capture of an injured Indian gaur which had tragic encounters with locals
- Dog-bite and rabies prevention sessions built around understanding animal behaviour
EDUCATION
Learning that starts in the backyard
Most of our education work happens in government and tribal residential schools, often in the buffer zones of tiger reserves — with the children who share their home with wildlife.
- Snakebite mitigation, rabies prevention and animal-law sessions in government schools across Dharwad, Belgaum, Uttara Kannada, Mysore and Chamarajanagar
- Programmes at tribal residential schools bordering Nagarhole and BRT Tiger Reserves, including career counselling alongside conservation
- World Environment Day drawing competitions and sessions with the Forest Department
- Nature documentary screenings to build a sense of ownership of the forests children live beside
- Days marked with purpose: World Sparrow Day, World Snake Day, World Rainforest Day and World Environment Day
NATURE EDUCATION
Walks that change how people see
Our nature walks are free, open, and deliberately unhurried. Participants have ranged in age from 7 to 80 — students from various schools and colleges, doctors, business professionals, villagers and families who had never looked closely at a bird before.
- Regular walks at Kelgeri Lake, Someshwar Lake, the Botanical Garden and University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad
- A four-day exploration at in the Kali–Anshi Tiger Reserve landscape with participants of all ages
- Bird walks with the IIT Dharwad photography club and a photography walk in collaboration with leading Camera manufacturers, both centred on ethical wildlife photography
- Documentation of 130-year-old heritage trees and their faunal life at a Kelgeri Road campus, in support of protecting them
- Lake documentation at Someshwar, recording how urbanisation has altered the habitat, to inform revival efforts
- A World Yoga Day walk and clean-up drive removing plastic and non-biodegradable debris from a trek route
ANIMAL WELFARE & ADVOCACY
From policy posters to puppy adoptions
Advocacy works best when it is practical. We translate law into material people actually use and we show up for the individual animal in front of us.
- Statewide awareness posters designed by ATWAS – on the Animal Welfare and Protection Laws of India and the Animal Birth Control Rules 2023 – released with the Karnataka Animal Welfare Board and senior officials of the Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services
- Sessions for AHVS and KAWB personnel on animal protection law
- Adoption facilitation and adopter coordination at an adoption camp organised with the AHVS Department, Dharwad – promoting Adopt, Don’t Shop
- Free downloadable resources for the public, available on our Publications page
