What makes wildlife conservation successful? Community! Save The Snakes relies on the support and trust of our community to successfully implement our snake conservation efforts. This is true for all of our programs across the globe! In California, we aim to strengthen our relationship with our community in a unique way… Save The Snakes will …
A Unique Way To Save The Snakes: The Sacramento Snake Festival Read More »
After assessing over 10,000 reptile species around the world, scientists have concluded: Reptiles are in trouble. From habitat destruction to climate change, reptiles face many threats. This alarming new research indicates that one in five reptile species is threatened with extinction. The unfortunate reality is that the conservation needs of most snakes and other reptile …
One in Five Reptiles is Threatened with Extinction Read More »
Happy Earth Day! On this special celebration of our planet, it is so important to reflect on how our individual actions can impact global wildlife populations and their ecosystems. Snakes, like all other wildlife species, depend on clean water to drink, pure air to breath and pristine habitats to thrive. As snakes are critically important …
On Easter Sunday, a group of dedicated Save The Snakes volunteers cleaned up trash at the Yolo Wildlife Area, located west of Sacramento. The Yolo Wildlife Area protects critically important wetland habitat, which is home to many endangered and threatened species, including the world’s largest gartersnake… the giant gartersnake (Thamnophis gigas)! Adjacent to a busy …
Save The Snakes Volunteers Clean Up Threatened Snake Habitat Read More »
In early 2022, Save The Snakes Conservation Partner Kamal Devkota and his team implemented the Save The King initiative to protect and research threatened king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) populations in Nepal. This effort includes engaging communities across Nepal to reduce conflict between humans and king cobras. These programs were organized by the Nepal Toxinology Association …
Save The King: Protecting The World’s Most Iconic Venomous Snake Species In Nepal Read More »
Costa Rica is a leader in environmental conservation, and they are setting an excellent example for the rest of the world. Not only do they focus on the conservation of many endangered species, but they also do incredible work to reduce deforestation and mitigate climate change. With this in mind, Save The Snakes will be …
Snakes play a crucial role in our ecosystems and to share this message, today on National Serpent Day we are excited to launch a video that showcases three important reasons why we need to live harmoniously with snakes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltQcE0gapIo The aim of creating this video was to have a learning resource available to schools, community …
Celebrating National Serpent Day with our snake educational video Read More »
In 2021, Save The Snakes continued our mission to protect snake populations around the world through education and community outreach to create a harmonious relationship between humans and snakes. Our organization supported incredibly important snake conservation and human-snake conflict mitigation efforts in the following ways: Save The Snakes provided wildlife conservationists with seed funding to …
Here Is A look At What Save The Snakes Achieved In 2021 Read More »
The past year delivered challenges as well as opportunities to many of us and for those of us that braved new ventures, it has been quite a year. Many of you have followed our efforts in South Africa, our Snake Education and Awareness Program (SECAP), as we have made great progress despite the challenges. Throughout …
