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 * name  = Biplab Mahapatra
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 * image_size    = 180px
 * caption = Wildlife Conservationist
 * birth_date = 1986
 * birth_place = Angul Hospital,Angul,Odisha


 * occupation    = [Journalist Cum Animal Rights Activist ]


 * parents       = Late Dillip Kumar Mahapatra and Smt. Nivedita Mahapatra

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Biplab Mahapatra (born 15 November 1986) is a Journalist,naturalist, is an Indian wildlife conservationist and a snake expert and founder of People for Animals, Angul Unit, affiliated by People for Animals,headed by Smt.Maneka Sanjay Gandhi. Though not a trained herpetologist,he is known throughout the Angul Region as a "naturalist on wheels".[4] Biplab rescues and rehabilitates snakes and educates the public about them. He is also sometimes consulted by local hospitals to identify a species of snake prior to treating a snakebite victim. His efforts to capture venomous snakes from human populated areas and to educate the people about snakes and their behavior is widely acknowledged.

Honours, decorations, awards and distinctions
Awarded with Biju Pattanaik Wildlife Conservation Award-2016 Appointed as the Honorary Animal Welfare Officer on 2016 by Government of India Associated with Wildlife Crime Control Bureau on 2016 by Government of India

References http://eodishasamachar.com/en/9-cobra-rescued-by-pfa-angul/ http://eodishasamachar.com/en/p8690/ http://indiansnakes.org/content/biplab-mahapatra http://eodishasamachar.com/en/people-for-animals-angul-rescued-a-very-rare-speciestwin-spotted-wolf-snake-non-venomous-from-angul-odisha/ https://peopleforanimalsindia.org/pfa-units.php https://peopleforanimalsindia.org/pfa-rescues.php