Chennai event - STORM Snake Workshop (S Sep)
Posted on: 11/Aug/2016 6:42:03 PM
Get up-close with snakes, learn to identify, rescue and relocate with National Geographic fame Gowri Shankar. Join the 6th edition of this limited seats certification workshop. Become the snake guy in your area.
STORM - Scientific Training on Reptile Management. Be it novice snake rescuers, students, enthusiasts who would like to hone their knowledge or others who want to learn right and ethical methods of handling them, this comprehensive bi-series workshop is an open door to learning about reptiles.
This workshop in collaboration with Chennai Snake Park Trust and Bay of Life Surf School & Surf Shop introduces basics about #reptiles, identification methods of #snakes, snake #rescue protocols, equipment, legal issues and #conservation implications. The highlight is an opportunity to attend live snake rescue calls where participants practically learn everything about rescue and #relocation of snakes.
Day 1
- Registration
- Workshop begins
- Discussion: Introduction to reptiles snake #taxonomy
- Identification of snakes, scale counting.
- Lunch (suggestion: Hot Chips @Madhya Kailash)
- Rescue techniques using professional equipment
- Snake rescue practical session
- How not to rescue snakes
Day 2
- Snake walk with Gowri Shankar and #Irulas @Nemeli
- First aid for snake bites. Maintaining a stud book
- Legal issues and remedies
- Lunch (suggestion: Hot Chips @Madhya Kailash)
- Environmental education
- Awareness during rescues
- Identifying relocation sites and snake release
Who can attend?
Anybody over 18 yrs of age, who has a keen interest and passion to learn about snakes, snake rescuers who would like to hone their skills, those who are considering #herpetology as a career choice and those who want to get over their fear of snakes.
When & Where?
Time: 9:00 PM - 5:00 PM - two days 3 SEP, 4 SEP
Location: A/C hall @ Snake Park Chennai, #Guindy.
Course Fee:
BEFORE 10th August Rs. 5,725/-
AFTER 10th August: Rs. 6,510/-
Includes: donation to Chennai Snake Park Trust and Kalinga Centre for Rainforest Ecology, education material.
Does not include: travel, travel during rescues, accommodation or food.
Who is conducting the camp?
Gowri Shankar has been involved with reptiles for more than a decade and has worked at some of the premier reptile conservation centres in #India. He is an authority on the ecology of king cobras and has been featured in several #wildlife documentaries like the King and I, Secrets of the #kingcobra, Asia’s deadliest snake, and Wildest India by #BBC, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild India and Discovery Channel respectively.
Contact: contact@bayoflife.com Or call us at +91 99404 88880
