Geeta Seshamani
Co-founderFounder of Wildlife SOS
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Geeta Seshamani is the co-founder of Wildlife SOS[1], an Indian non-profit working on animals and environment from New Delhi.
Wildlife SOS
Wildlife SOS is a conservation nonprofit that rescues and rehabilitates wildlife in distress across India. Widely known for ending the 'dancing bears' practice, it now runs elephant and sloth bear rescue centres, plus human-wildlife conflict mitigation for leopards, snakes and other species.
Wildlife SOS reports the following, on its own site:
- 300,000+ animals rescued
- 13 rescue centres operated across India
- 900,000+ trees planted
- 15,000+ children reached through conservation education
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- New Delhi
- Founded
- —
- Press
- 5
References
- [1] “In 2005, when Wildlife SOS Co-founders Kartick Satyanarayan and Geeta Seshamani were travelling to the United States as guest speakers at various fundraising and awareness engagements, they met many people who were eager to be supportive of the cause.” — Wildlife SOS. Source
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