Nari Shakti Puraskar 2020 to Snake lady Vanita.

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 Environment is life ! Let's protect and nurture it!!. It is Immortality to the life of Humanity.     -  Vanita Jagdeo Borade


Vanita Jagdeo Borade has been awarded Nari Shakti Puraskar 2020 for her exemplary efforts in wildlife conservation, particularly by rescuing snakes and also for creating awareness.


Of all the different kinds of phobias, many of us have this one – Ophidiophobia, fear of snakes. The very sight of a snake even if it is lying idle or unmoving can scare us. But not Vanita Jagdeo Borade. She is the first woman snake rescuer and has rescued more than 51,000 snakes!
“I started catching snakes since I was 10 years old and have caught more than 51000 snakes in the last 35 years. I have set a world record for catching the highest number of snakes in the world. This has been recorded in The India Book of Records, Maharashtra Book of Records, Guinness World Records and Limca Book of Records,” she told PIB Mumbai.
Vanita cites reasons behind people killing snakes out of fear are just their ignorance and prevailing superstitions around snakes. “Our culture teaches and preaches Ahimsa (non-violence), Karuna (compassion) and Jivadaya (love and kindness towards all living organisms),” she states as the reason behind her efforts to rescue snakes. “I work to save the lives of snakes as well as people. I believe I make these small organisms as well as the environment happy by protecting them.” She is also known as the Snake Friend.
As a child she grew up working in the farms. It is from her childhood friends, most of whom were from tribal areas, that she learnt the art of living in harmony with the environment, cherishing every life on earth. “This childhood lesson motivated me to preserve nature especially snakes which are our national treasure. I believe I help preserve the environment by making these organisms happy,” she proudly says. She works in protecting not just snakes, but honeybees as well.

Being the first woman to conduct research on snake conservation, she works on spreading public awareness about snakes and their conservation. “90% of snakes in India are non-venomous. Snakes hide when they find a dark and safe place and never attack or bite on their own until harmed.” She informs that there are free-of-cost medicines as anti-snake venom which are easily available in all government hospitals.  “The anti-snake venom can cure the injured immediately and hence there is no reason to panic.”
She believes that the fear of snakes can be eradicated by wiping out the superstitions. She also provides training in rescuing snakes.


     





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