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The substantial volume of rescues, averaging over 35 snake encounters daily, has also provided animal volunteers with invaluable experience in safe snake handling and management

The NAPSE provides a broad framework for States to develop their own plan for management, prevention and control of snakebites.

Around 150 members of Friends of Snakes Society are committed to rescuing these slithery visitors

Hyderabad: With temperatures soaring, the city’s slithery creatures are coming out of their burrows, making snake sightings an increasingly frequent affair. The Friends of Snakes Society (FOSS), an NGO working for conservation of snakes in India rescued around 600 snakes in February, with the number going up to 800 by March. “In April too, more […]

In 2020, Friends of Snakes Society (FOSS) rescued 4,009 non-venomous and 4,886 venomous snakes from the State.