Aliya Mir, a prominent sociologist and the first woman from Jammu Kashmir to work for Wildlife SOS, has been awarded the wildlife conservation award for her exceptional efforts in conservation.
She is also Kashmir’s first woman who works for the charity Wildlife SOS organization which is part of the Wildlife Rescue Team.
Lt. Manoj Sinha facilitated her with the wildlife honour. The eminent sociologist Aliya Mir was awarded at the World Forestry Day celebrations organized by the Jammu and Kashmir Collective Forests.
Aliya, who also serves as the Head of an Education System in the Wildlife SOS Program, has rescued numerous wild animals, including birds, Asiatic black bears, and Himalayan brown bears.
She has gained immense popularity for catching snakes, having rescued them from various locations like corridors, cars, lawns, gardens, and bus rooms in offices and other establishments, and releasing them back into the wild.
Although Aliya has saved numerous wild animals, such as birds, Asiatic black bears, and Himalayan brown bears, she is best known for her success in capturing snakes.
She extricated snakes from offices and other establishments’ bus cabins, lawns, and cars before releasing them back into the wild.
One of her most famous recoveries was the Levantine viper, a poisonous snake, from the regional residence of the then chief minister. The incident grabbed headlines as the Viper snake weighed about 2 kg and is the largest animal biting in a group of wild animals.
In a similar fashion, a video of Aliya freeing a snake that was imprisoned in a scooter in Jahangir Chowk has gained a lot of attention online.