In the Mumbai metropolitan area and its surroundings, the Resqink Association for Wildlife Welfare had its hands full during the lockdown, rescuing more than 750 animals—reptiles, birds and mammals—between January and June this year.
A flamingo with an injured leg enjoying the sunshine at the Resqink rehab centre in Mumbai. ▲
An owl that was treated for cataracts. ▲
Pawan Sharma with a crocodile that was rescued from an urban drain in Thane. ▲
The RAWW team nets the area around the crocodile before they move in to pick it up for treatment. ▲
Baby parakeets rescued from being trafficked. ▲
Parakeet fledglings that fell off a 12th floor ledge in Mumbai. ▲
Hand-reared baby parakeets. ▲
Newborn squirrels that lost their mother. ▲
Two of them after a few weeks of hand-rearing at RAWW. ▲
A spotted deer that jumped on the cement sheet roof of a house and fell into the kitchen. ▲
Macaque babies that were hand-reared after their mothers were found dead. ▲
A langur that suffered an electric shock in a Mumbai suburb was rescued and treated. ▲
Kites that were battered and injured by the cyclonic winds of Tauktae were treated and released by RAWW. ▲
RAWW received a call about this macaque, which was found unconscious. She had just delivered a baby. ▲
A black-headed ibis with an injured wing. The migratory bird was affected by cyclone Tauktae. ▲
An adult macaque that was overfed by people with inappropriate food undergoes surgery. ▲
A golden jackal that had fallen inside a well undergoing treatment. ▲
Dr Rina Devi with an Amur falcon that was blown off course by cyclone Tauktae. ▲
A viper with maggots near its head is put in a sheath prior to veterinary treatment. ▲
The RAWW team is trained to go into inhospitable locations for wildlife rescue. Here, a team member enters a drain for a reptile rescue. ▲
Rescues require immense patience to be successful like the rescue of this injured peahen that flew up into a building in Thane after being chased by dogs. It was some hours before it could be caught and taken for treatment. ▲
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