[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”3760″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][title title=”Romulus Whitaker” title_text=”” float=”text-left” style=”style-1″][vc_column_text]Indian Herpetologist, Wildlife Conservationist and Founder of the Madras Snake Park, The Andaman and Nicobar Environment Trust (ANET), and the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Bio” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Reptilian Journey An Indian – American upbringing, a stint at the Vietnam War, crocodiles, snakes, half wild pig named Luppy and an emu named Neelakantan, Herpetologist, Conservationist, Padma Shri Awardee Romulus Whitaker is a man who intrigues, awes and inspires! He set up the Madras Snake Park and with Zai Whitaker, the Madras Crocodile Bank – now India’s premier research centre for herpetology. In 1978, Rom helped his tribal snake-catcher friends set up the Irula Snake-catchers Cooperative Society to milk snakes for venom to produce antivenom serum, saving thousands of snakebite victims all over India. Studying King Cobras has become a driving force ostensibly to understand the snake’s ecology and conservation status but equally to indulge in what he likes doing the most – wandering in the forest. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]