About Us

Save The Lives Society (Save The Lives)

Save The Lives is a non-governmental and non-profit research institution that promotes biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. It is legally registered in Nepal at District Administration Office of Kathmandu and affiliated with the Social Welfare Council. Save The Lives is dedicated exclusively to human-snake conflict mitigations and snake conservation as well as overall biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. Together with our nationwide network of conservationists, our mission is to save the lives of humans and snakes throughout the nation via research and education. Currently, we are primarily focusing on research and education regarding snakes, human-snake conflict mitigations, snake conservation and snakebite management in Nepal because our team members have decades of experiences with the expertise on snakes and snakebites. It is a group of young, enthusiastic and dedicated snake conservationists and snakebite expert’s from Nepal. The team members have conducted numerous programs in collaboration with national and international conservation partners/supporters. Till date our team has conducted more than hundred outreach and awareness programs, capacity building training, workshops and interaction programs in various districts of Nepal. Our major programs are “Nepal Snake Festival” (NSFest), “Snake Handling Training”, “Theatre in Education”, “Educational Documentaries”, “Human-Snake Co-existence”, “Save The King”, “Rescue and Relocation” etc.


District Administration Office of Kathmandu (Reg. No.: 05)      

Social Welfare Council (Aff. No.: 56591) 


Some Facts You Should Know

Nepal has a rich but understudied snake fauna.

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Snake species in Nepal

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Venomous Snakes

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Known to be Medically Important

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Districts high risk to venomous snakebite

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Affected by snakebite, Annually

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Annual Death Related to Snakes Bites

Saving Snakes and Humans in Nepal: Nepal has a rich but understudied snake fauna. Different authors list up to 90 snake species from Nepal including up to 21 venomous ones among that 18 species are known to be medically important. These are broadly distributed in the lowlands to high mountains in Nepal. Snakebite is one of the common life-threatening public health problems in Nepal. About 26 districts of the tropical lowland are at high risk to venomous snakebite affecting around 20,000 people causing 1,000 deaths per annum in Nepal (WHO 1987). Recent study (Alcoba 2022) estimated around 40,000 people are affected by snakebite causing around 3,000 deaths annually in Nepal. Most of the people dislike, fear and want to kill any snakes they encounter. There is information gap and inadequate awareness among local people. Save The Lives aims to address this information and awareness gap on snakes, snakebite mitigations and snake conservation at national levels through research, conservation education and community outreach to create harmonious relationship between humans and snakes which will have a direct beneficial impact on snake species in the country. We create conducive working environment among local people to save the lives of humans as well as snakes which may play a vital role in biodiversity conservation.

Our Goals

  • Conduct research on wildlife and other components of biodiversity to ensure the long-term conservation of biodiversity and sustainable development.
  • Conduct one health based study and educate people regarding the relationship between humans, animals and environment to ensure long-term social, economic and ecological benefits. 
  • Collaborate with the government of Nepal, universities, governmental and non-governmental organizations etc. to conduct various programs like; research, workshops, discussions, interactions, training, seminars, conferences etc.
  • Assist in advising other organizations and the government that pursue an equivalent objective to formulate policy as effectively and realistically as possible.
  • Organize skill-oriented, service-oriented, awareness-raising, capacity building, educational programs to support livelihood schemes to youth, women, children, marginalized groups etc.
  • Ensure the dissemination of knowledge in the form of articles, presentation lectures, workshops, exhibitions, audio-visual medium etc.
  • Empower, educate and produce skilled manpower by applying Scientific and Artistic tools and techniques as we believe in “from Science to Society”.

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Our Office is Located in Budhanilkantha-9, Kathmandu, Nepal. However Our Members are located in several parts of Nepal. Check our Team Page for details.