| Although banned by the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972, the practice of snake charming is still active in rural parts of India. Every year, thousands of snakes are poached from the forests for snake charming. Due to the rise in awareness, conservation efforts & enforcement of laws, snake charming has declined in big cities like Delhi. Still, every year we rescue a large number of snakes from snake charmers who come to the city to entertain tourists. The most commonly used snakes are Cobras, Pythons and Rat snakes. The endless cycle of snake charming is one of the major reasons of disappearance of snakes from the forests.
It is our humble request to you to discourage snake charming by not paying to watch snake charmers’ display snakes. Rather, reprimand them and help the authorities to rescue, and release the snakes back to the wild. |
