First Ever King Cobra Nest Conservation Success Story in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh.

A great success and a milestone for our king cobra conservation efforts in the eastern ghats! A total of 25 little kings were released into the wild after guarding the nest for over a month with some incredible support from the local communities who have been sharing their living space with the nesting habitat of the longest venomous snake in the world! We heartily thank the local communities, Andhra Pradesh Forest Department, all our supporters and followers for being with us throughout this amazing journey!

The female King Cobra is the only snake in the world that builds a nest to lay around 30 eggs. For the first time in the conservation history of the eastern ghats, we have initiated an entirely community-led king cobra nest protection program at a tribal hamlet in Northern Andhra where we have been working with local communities to conserve the nesting habitat of the king cobra.

After the female abandons the nest, the eggs are prone to predation as well as human disturbances since this nest location happens to fall in close proximity to a village and people use well-beaten paths near the nest to move around by walking.

A temporary fence was erected by the locals with our support and as per the suggestions of Sri Rom Whitaker of Madras Crocodile Bank Trust to protect the eggs.