User:Tauseef Rescuer

Tauseef Ahmed is an Animal Rescuer, Conservationist and an Environmentalist based in Mangalore, Karnataka in India. He is a full time independent animal rescuer who has been actively working for animals for almost a decade now. He has rescued more than 10,000 animals including more than 3,500 snakes till now.

Tauseef is a trained para-vet who also is an expert in handling emergency medical situations. He has been working for stray animals on the streets of Mangalore through his works like rescuing animals in trouble, reaching out to them through medical help, cleaning and bandaging open wounds, delivering humane education programs to school and college kids etc. He also has authored a book by name 'Strayimg Around You' which is purely based on the life story of dogs on the streets.

He has raised his voice every single time the animals needed someone to represent them including filing FIRs against animal cruelty issues, cattle mafia and many more.

Tauseef also works in co ordination with the Karnataka Forest Department whereby he has rescued and treated animals like snakes, kites, eagles, peacocks, monkeys, monitor lizards, marine animals and many more. He was recently awarded the 'Aranya Mitra' award for the same by the Karnataka State Government.

Tauseef also has introduced the Reflective collars project in Mangalore whereby Street dogs are tagged with collars which have neon reflective material in them. The collars make any animal on the streets visible at night as well and thereby avoiding accidents saving both animals and two wheeler riders. 650 dogs on the streets of Mangalore have been tagged with these collars by him and he continues to do it even now. Apparently,80% of the accident rate has come down after this project was introduced by Tauseef which is being replicated in other parts of the country as well.

He recently did an artificial nesting project as well using PVC pipes to bring back sparrows to the city.

For all these efforts Tauseef has been awarded with different awards like;

- Best street care and rescue award at the India For Animals(IFA) conference at Hyderabad in the year 2018 by FIAPO. - Aranya Mitra Award(Friend of the Forests) by the Karnataka State Government Forest Department in 2019. - Was one of the 40 eco warriors awarded from all over Indian by the Indian Express Group in Hyderabad in 2019. - Was awarded as the unsung hero of Mangalore in 2018 by the Beary's group of institutions. - Was honoured by various organizations like Lion's, Rotary, JCI and many more for his outstanding community service.

He continues to work for animals Every single day on the streets of Mangalore as always.