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Perpetual Planet initiativehas partnered with CNN to drive awareness and education around key sustainability issues and to inspire positive action.. . CNN . . Moving from America to India as a child in the 1950s would likely be a challenging experience for most, but for Romulus Whitaker it was a dream come true he had arrived in the land of cobras, he explained to CNN.. . Whitaker would go on to earn the nickname Snakeman of India, and spend more than six decades dedicated to reptile research and conservation..
Today, Whitakers focus is on educating Indians on how to protect themselves from snakes part of a national campaign to reduce the snakebite mortality rate.. . CNN spoke with Whitaker recently at his home in Mysore, southwestern India, around the release of the first volume of his memoir: Snakes, Drugs and Rock n Roll: My Early Years.. ..
Okay, I am scared sometimes.. . CNN: How did you first get involved with the indigenous Irula tribe to help create anti-venom to treat people bitten by snakes?..
Now that we know the figure, we are working very hard right now on an educational program, which is nationwide, trying to teach people how to avoid snakes and avoid getting bitten..
And weve had dozens and dozens of people who have now turned out to be some of the greatest conservationists in India we can call graduates of these stations.. . CNN: Youre currently working on a three-part memoir..
