by TAG Coordinator | Sep 29, 2021
Chandra Sekhar Kar joined the Forest Department in Odisha as a Research Scholar in 1976. Initially stationed at Nandankanan Zoological Park, he then decided to shift to Gahirmatha as no one else was willing to work there. Madhab Chandra Dash at Sambalpur University...
by TAG Coordinator | Sep 6, 2021
Colin ‘Col’ Limpus, Australia’s foremost turtle biologist, initiated his research on green and loggerhead turtles in Queensland in the 1960s. He was mentored by Robert Bustard, and they worked together extensively on loggerhead sea turtles. Limpus carried on Bustard’s...
by TAG Coordinator | Jul 14, 2021
Amukta ‘Amu’ Mahapatra was introduced to the world of wildlife by her father and his friends, and frequently visited various sanctuaries in South India. To get over her fear of snakes and reptiles, she decided to volunteer at the Madras Snake Park, and after some...
by TAG Coordinator | May 25, 2021
Shekar Dattatri was initially a volunteer at the Madras Snake Park in 1976 and soon after, started visiting Sri Lanka where his father was on a four-year assignment with the UN. While backpacking around the country, he became interested in sea turtles which visited...
by TAG Coordinator | Apr 10, 2021
Preston Ahimaz started out as a volunteer in the Madras Snake Park and was one of Romulus Whitaker’s recruits. Despite having a degree in commerce, he decided to pursue wildlife as a career and was the first coordinator of the WWF office in Chennai, starting with a...
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