Here are some of the activities undertaken by HEAL in recent past

Fostering the Spirit of Coexistence on Independence Day 2023
Connecting communities to snakes through football!
15 August 2023
15 August 2023

HEAL celebrates World Elephant Day 2023
HEAL promotes human-elephant coexistence in Jhargram while getting recognised for its work in Jalpaiguri
12 August 2023
12 August 2023

Snake Awareness Programs for School Students
Educating the younger generation about snakes and ways to coexist with them
01 – 03 August 2023
01 – 03 August 2023

Snake & Snakebite Management Workshop at Sanjeeva Gardens
Helping urban citizens of Kolkata coexist with snakes
30 July 2023
30 July 2023

Felicitation on Global Tiger Day 2023
West Bengal Forest Department, Sundarban Tiger Reserve expressed its appreciation for HEAL’s work in the Sundarbans
29 July 2023
29 July 2023

Plastic Cleanup Drive on World Mangrove Day 2023
The second in a series of cleanup drives to help Sundarbans tackle plastic pollution
26 July 2023
26 July 2023

Presentation at Green Hub Central India Festival
An opportunity to share HEAL’s work to mitigate ritual hunting in South Bengal
15-16 July 2023
15-16 July 2023

Strengthening human-snake coexistence on World Snake Day
Awareness programs organised in three districts to mitigate fear of snakes and promote tolerance
16 July 2023
16 July 2023

Collaborative Plastic Clean-up Drive in the Sundarbans
Helping communities in Sundarbans to adopt sustainable waste disposal practices
5 June 2023
5 June 2023

Arrest of Illegal Wildlife Trader in Baruipur
Intel gathered by HEAL members proved instrumental in the arrest of a major bird trafficker
2 June 2023
2 June 2023

Fishing Cat Rescued and Released in Murshidabad
How HEAL helped promote coexistence between Hamidpur’s residents and a fishing cat
31 May 2023
31 May 2023

Faloharini Hunt Monitoring 2023
Efforts to thwart Howrah and East Medinipur’s biggest hunting event
16-19 May 2023
16-19 May 2023

Gopegarh Hunt Monitoring 2023
Documenting hunting activity and state’s enforcement measures in 2023’s first major ritual hunt
4 April 2022
4 April 2022

Humane Committee Meetings to Tackle Ritualistic Hunting
Meetings between stakeholders for devising strategies to reduce hunting in ritualistic festivals
March-April 2023
March-April 2023

Arrest of Hunting Party in Murshidabad
HEAL members detained a group of hunters, facilitating their arrest later
12 March 2023
12 March 2023

Snakebite Treatment Training for Doctors in Jhargram
Conducted by HEAL in collaboration with Bharat Serums and Vaccines Ltd. to train doctors in treating snake bites
6 March 2023
6 March 2023

Fishing Cat Awareness Drives in East Kolkata Wetlands
Spreading awareness on the fishing cat to Kolkata’s peri-urban populace
28 February & 3 March
28 February & 3 March

Conflict Mitigation Training of Karnataka Forest Department Staff
Training front-line forest staff in handling human-wildlife conflict situations
20-21 February 2023
20-21 February 2023

Arrest of Jackal Hunters in Murshidabad
Group of 17 hunters apprehended by Forest Department using intel gathered HEAL’s team
26-27 February 2023
26-27 February 2023

Arrest of bogari (lark) traders in Murshidabad
Lark traders arrested by Police and Forest Department, acting on intel provided by HEAL members
26 February 2023
26 February 2023

Fishing Cats Across Kolkata City’s Digital Hoardings
Raising awareness and garnering support towards fishing cat conservation among Kolkata residents
February 2023
February 2023

Snake Charmer Arrest and Snake Awareness Programme in Malda
Snake awareness programme conducted by members who assisted in the arrest of a snake charmer
1 January & 12 January 2023
1 January & 12 January 2023

Snake awareness and snakebite mitigation workshops in higher educational institutes
HEAL members conducted snake awareness programmes in IIM Calcutta and Banipur Mahila Mahavidyalaya
26 December 2022 & 5 January 2023
26 December 2022 & 5 January 2023

Arrest of Mongoose poachers from Jhanjra village in old Malda
HEAL’s Malda zonal coordinator assisted the forest department to arresting mongoose poachers
26 December 2022
26 December 2022

Fishing cat awareness rally in Malda
Joint awareness rally conducted by HEAL and The Fishing Cat Project
13 December 2022
13 December 2022

Collaboration with World Animal Protection
Interview surveys in Jhargram and West Medinipur to study socio-economic drivers of ritualistic hunting
November – December 2022
November – December 2022

Counteracting bird poaching in Murshidabad
Our Zonal Coordinator Soumyadip Mondal along with a local team removed a 200-m long bird trap net.
15 November 2022
15 November 2022

Arrest of bird poacher in Bilkurul Beel, Murshidabad
A team of HEAL volunteers gathered intelligence on a bird poacher and assisted in his arrest
28 October 2022
28 October 2022

Arrest of Fishing Cat poachers from Malda
Intel gathered by HEAL members helps enforcement authorities nab wildlife criminals
23 and 28 October 2022
23 and 28 October 2022

Critically Endangered Turtles in Temple Pond Afflicted by Unknown Sickness
HEAL members assisted in the rescue of three sick black softshell turtles from a temple pond in Cooch Behar
25 & 26 October 2022
25 & 26 October 2022

Learning to train better
Suvrajyoti Chatterjee attended a workshop organised by the Wildlife Trust of India.
12-15 October 2022
12-15 October 2022

Snake awareness workshop at Sanjeeva Town housing, Rajarhat
Workshops aimed at replacing the fear of snakes with knowledge about them.
24 September 2022
24 September 2022

Training session for disaster management civic volunteers in Cooch Behar
Civic volunteers under ‘Aapda Mitra’ scheme trained on managing snakes and preventing snakebite
10 & 13 September 2022
10 & 13 September 2022

Talk on Hyena Study in West Bengal
Our member Vasudha Mishra was invited as a guest speaker for a session on ‘The lesser known stripes of Bengal’
8 September 2022
8 September 2022

Snake awareness programme at a school in North 24 Parganas
Snakebite mitigation and snake awareness programme at a school surrounded by wetlands
18 August 2022
18 August 2022

Training of IFS officers on wetland laws and conservation
HEAL’s Meghna Banerjee conducted a session on how litigation helped provide protection to Dankuni
05 August 2022
05 August 2022

Presentation at the O/O Accountant General, WB
Meghna Banerjee spoke about the major conservation issues plaguing West Bengal
29 June 2022
29 June 2022

Impact of an image
HEAL’s Arka Sarkar and Meghna Banerjee share their experiences on photography as a conservation tool
22 June 2022
22 June 2022

Large Indian civet rescued from garage in Cooch Behar
Uncommon civet rescued and released after local fears were dissuaded by HEAL members
22 June 2022
22 June 2022

International Day for Biological Diversity 2022
Fishing Cat release accompanied by an awareness session, and felicitation of local conservationists
22 May 2022
22 May 2022

Arrest of turtle trader in Malda district
A joint operation by HEAL & Malda FD to nab a major turtle dealer in Gazole
18 April 2022
18 April 2022

Ganga River Dolphin Day 2021
Awareness drives conducted in dolphin habitats across West Bengal
5 October 2021
5 October 2021

Dolphin Oil Trade Investigation
An investigation carried out to expose trade in Dolphin oil and body parts in central West Bengal
October 2019 onwards
October 2019 onwards

Hunting Surveys in West
Medinipur
Medinipur
Survey to identify ritual hunting dates and locations in West Medinipur
February 2020 onwards
February 2020 onwards

Hunting Surveys in Jhargram
and Bankura
and Bankura
Survey to identify ritual hunting dates and locations in Jhargram & Bankura
February 2020 onwards
February 2020 onwards

Post Amphan Relief Drives in
Sundarbans
Sundarbans
Relief activities in villages around Sundarbans hit by cyclone Amphan
25 May 2020 onwards
25 May 2020 onwards

Post Amphan Bird Rescues
Rescue of injured birds and fledglings in the aftermath of Cyclone Amphan
21 March – 28 March 2020
21 March – 28 March 2020

Covid-19 Relief Drives
Relief drives in villages of West Medinipur, Jhargram and Sundarban during Covid-19 lockdown
April-May 2020
April-May 2020

Fishing Cat Awareness Drive
Awareness Drive about Fishing Cats at Bhangar, South 24 Paraganas
1 December 2019
1 December 2019

PIL for Baghjan Incident
Help with an PIL filed in NGT to seek remediation for damage caused by blowout of oil well at Baghjan
June-July 2020
June-July 2020

Stopping Faloharini Hunt Fest
Stopping the major hunting festival of Faloharini Kalipuja – once the most destructive in West Bengal
2018-2019
2018-2019