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Admissions open for MS (Wildlife Studies) - 2013 - 2015 batch

The concern for conservation of wildlife in situ and in captivity has increased globally over the years. This has increased the demand for trained professionals with sufficient practical exposure to manage real life situations involving free ranging and captive wildlife.

The MS (Wildlife Studies) programme is envisaged to provide a wildlife specialization to bioscience graduates from a variety of backgrounds keen to commit their lives to career in wildlife sector. The programme is presently offered by Kerala Veterinary & Animal Sciences University (KVASU) in technical collaboration with the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Peechi. The programme is conducted at the campus of the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (CVAS), Pookode, located in Wayanad District, Kerala, a part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, a biodiversity hotspot of international importance identified by the UNESCO as a Wold Heritage Site.

"The programme has a module conducted by Dr. Anna Meredith, Professor of Zoological and Conservation Medicine, Head of Exotic Animal and Wildlife Service, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh. The module is envisaged to provide students with an insight into conservation medicine, emerging infectious diseases and non-infectious threats to wildlife, and the interface between wildlife and livestock health, that would help orient themselves as per the present global requirements in the field of wildlife conservation, care and management.

The present students have undergone training in Indian zoos and wildlife rehabilitation centres. They have completed their study tours to the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, the Peechi-Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary, the Periyar Tiger Reserve, the Vedanthangal Birds Sanctuary, the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, the Arignar Anna Zoological Park (Vandalur Zoo, Chennai) and the Andaman Nicobar Islands. They are also visiting the Edinburgh and London Zoos to learn about captive wildlife management."

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