29/07/2026
For 33 years, Bharat Borah has dedicated his life to giving injured wildlife a second chance.
It has meant opening his home in Assam's Moran to injured hornbills, vultures, greater adjutants, tigers, monkeys and countless other wild animals that had nowhere else to go.
It has meant patiently nursing them back to health, and even crafting artificial legs for three injured greater adjutants, helping them walk again before returning to the wild.
Today, his home has become an unofficial wildlife rescue centre, where even forest officials bring rescued birds and animals for treatment. His dedication to healing hornbills has also earned his village the name 'Hornbill Village' (Dhnaesh Pakhi).
For Bharat, this isn't a responsibility. It's what brings him the greatest joy.
"Spending time with birds makes me and my family happy. We forget our sorrows and hardships," he says.
His message is just as simple:
"We do not grow trees, so we have no right to cut them. Similarly, we have no reason to kill wild animals and birds. Help them live happily and keep nature alive. Because we can survive only if nature survives."
[Assam, Hornbill Village, Wildlife Rescue, Wildlife Conservation, Hornbill, Forest Conservation, Wild At Heart]
