Lady Snake Rescuer who Rescued 75000 snake whitout any fees..Let's meet Vanita....know about her life ‼️
When Vanita Jagdeo Borade was 10 years old, she would spend her holidays playing on her father’s farm in the Naigaon Deshmukh village in the Buldana district of Maharashtra. The fields were next to a forest and Vanita was friends with children of the tribals who worked on the farm and lived nearby. With these children, Vanita learned about wildlife including honey extraction from beehives and fishing. Often, their fishing net would trap water snakes along with the fish. But the children fearlessly separated the snakes from the catch and released them back into the water.
“I learned that those water snakes were not venomous. I also became comfortable with wildlife in general as we kids caught chameleons and other non-venomous snakes during the monsoons and released them in the wild,” recalls Vanita, now 47.From play to rescue work
What began in 1985 as a child’s pastime took a serious turn when Vanita caught a red sand boa (commonly known as do-muha saap) that had entered her house in the monsoon. She released it in the forest before anyone could kill the snake.Soon I began getting requests from people in our village to catch snakes, which frequently entered the mud houses looking for food (rats and lizards) during the rainy season,” says Vanita.
While her family initially
“My father, being a spiritual person, believed in saving all forms of life and did not stop me. That allowed me to pursue my passion of saving snakes, which play an important part in the ecosystem by regulating the population of their prey,” she says.
In 2020, Vanita received the Nari Shakti Puruskar from President Ramnath Kovind for her work towards snake rescue and biodiversity conservation. She has received multiple awards for her unique effShe does not charge any money for her services. “Most people in rural areas can barely make ends meet. I don’t want to burden them with additional charges. I work without any fee,” she says.
About snakes entering homes, Vanita says as the grass grows in the rainy season, snakes enter stealthily looking for food like rats. “If we keep the house well-lit and clean, then the snake will have no place to hide and leave immediately. But if it gets food or can hide behind some clutter, then it will stay on,” she says.
Vanita’s two sons and daughter have also learned how to rescue snakes. And through her foundation, she hopes to continue and grow her biodiversity conservation work in the years to come.
(Rashmi Pratap is a Mumbai-based journalist specialising in business, financial and socio-economic reporting)
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For 10-year-old Vanita Jagdeo Borade, catching #snakes was part of playing with her friends from the #tribal community. Vanita, now 47, shares how play became a passion that has led her to rescue 75,000 snakes in #Maharashtra so far:
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