Wilderness Films sponsors workshop on 'Dealing with Wildlife Emergencies'

Wilderness Films India sponsored a workshop on 'Dealing with Wildlife Emergencies' for personnel of the Forest Department of Udham Singh Nagar, Uttaranchal. The training session was organized for Range Forest Officers & District Forest Officers (DFO's) of the district.

The workshop was aimed at standardization of the procedures involved in dealing with wildlife emergencies,  to create awareness of wildlife protection in India and to provide information regarding the handling and reintroduction into the wild, of wild animals, after capture.

The workshop's duration was one day and it was held on the 21st of March, 2006. The venue of the workshop was the Eco-tourism Center at Chunakhan (near Ramnagar), in Uttaranchal state.

The following was covered during the Workshop:

Introduction
Wildlife Protection Act (1972)
Conflict situations
Capture and rescue techniques, with inputs on trap cage design
Chemical restraint and remote drug delivery systems
Practical session: using Blowpipes
Transportation, housing and husbandry
Wildlife treatment with case studies
Post-mortem of wild animals
Interactive session

Invited for the workshop were the following five resource persons:

1.  Dr. A.V. Belsare, Veterinary doctor
2.  Ashok Captain, Herpetologist
3.  Dr. Shomita Mukherjee, wildlife biologist
4.  Janiki Lenin, biologist
5.  Satya Priya Gautam Bhalla, Hony. Wildlife Warden-Udham Singh Nagar, Uttaranchal

We presented a blow-pipe to one of the DFO's for tranquilization of wild animals during rescue operations. The trip of the resource persons was sponsored by 'The Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation, UK'. There were over 60 people participating in the workshop.

The workshop was arranged by Satya Priya Gautam Bhalla and WFIL, and was sponsored by Wilderness Films India Ltd.

Wilderness Films India camerapersons recorded the entire workshop proceedings on High Definition video, including detailed procedures and techniques involved in animal rescue, the use of blow-pipes and remote drug delivery systems. The original footage will shortly be available for global download on the internet at www.video.google.com Please punch in 'Wilderness Films India' in the search box to scan through other content from our archive.