Achievements of ARRS

• Rescued and relocated over 100 King Cobras over the last 5 years.
• Conducted numerous environmental education and awareness programs by reaching out to schools, colleges, villages, discussion groups.
• Started the world's first King Cobra radio-telemetry project
• First in the world to observe and document the following aspects of the King Cobra in the wild
      a. Nesting
      b. Male Combat
      c. Monitoring Nest and observing the hatching of the eggs
      d. Courtship
      e. Mating
      f. Cannibalism
      g. Cannibalism in a mating pair
• A 53 minute film titled ‘Secrets of the King cobra' was filmed by the National Geographic Channel in 2008 which highlights not just the secret life of a king cobra but also ARRS's efforts in studying and protecting this species.

Unique Project at ARRS: King Cobra Radio Telemetry Project

We started the world's first king cobra telemetry project with a pair of kings in 2008. It was a collaborative effort between The Karnataka Forest Department, the University of Arizona and Agumbe Rainforest Research Station.

Radio transmitters were inserted into the snake's body through a simple surgical procedure.. These healthy snakes were then released back into the wild and are being followed by trained radio trackers with the help of local forest trackers. With the success of the 1st phase of the project the second phase was initiated in 2009. This study about King Cobra is the first of its kind in the whole world and through this we hope to learn more about this enigmatic serpent.