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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Short description|Wildlife conservationist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Vava Suresh
| image = Vava_Suresh,_June_2016.jpg
| alt = Vava Suresh
| caption = Vava Suresh in Thiruvananthapuram in 2016
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1974<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/vava-suresh-snake-man-of-kerala/778137 |title=Vava Suresh- 'snake man' of Kerala |publisher=Indian Express |date=2011-04-19 |access-date=2013-05-27}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Trivandrum]], [[Kerala]], India
| death_date = 
| nationality = [[India]]n
| other_names = Vasur, Snake Master
| parents = Bahuleyan, L.Krishnamma
| occupation = [[Wildlife conservation]]ist, [[social worker]]
| known_for = Snake capturing and wildlife conservation
| website = [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLVKBUbLosT4ZkJMzPOw72Q Youtube]
}}
'''Suresh''', popularly known as '''Vava Suresh''' (born 1974), is an Indian wildlife conservationist and a snake expert. He is known for his missions for saving snakes straying into human inhabited areas in [[Kerala]], [[India]]. He has captured 200(as of November 2020) [[King cobra|King cobras]], he is believed to have captured and rescued more than 50,000 straying snakes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ace Kerala snake handler in ICU after viper bites him during rescue operation |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ace-kerala-snake-handler-in-icu-after-viper-bites-him-during-rescue-operation/story-khiQmXwC2oODjkiH9jkzoJ.html |publisher=hindustantimes.com |date=14 Feb 2020}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}

He is widely known for his conservation activities like the rescue and release of endangered species of snakes, preservation of collected eggs until hatching periods, and creating awareness among people about snakes and their behavior.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/article804703.ece |title=King Cobra sightings bring up snake bite treatment issues |work=The Hindu |date=2010-09-30 |access-date=2011-04-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gulf.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=9019318&tabId=11&programId=1080132912&channelId=-1073865030&BV_ID=@@@ |title=Seriously hurt cobra saved through surgery|publisher=Manorama Online |date=2011-03-21 |access-date=2011-04-06}}</ref> He releases his reptile collections into natural habitats at regular intervals of time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/05/stories/2010070558800300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126122829/http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/05/stories/2010070558800300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-11-26 |title=Vava Suresh continues his mission to rescue snakes despite the occasional bites. |date=2010-07-05 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2011-04-06}}</ref> His efforts to capture venomous snakes from human populated areas and to educate the people about snakes and their behavior is widely acknowledged.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/05/stories/2010070558800300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126122829/http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/05/stories/2010070558800300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-11-26 |title=Where snakes feel at home |date=2010-07-05 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2011-04-06}}</ref>

He is famous for his snake capturing program called 'Snake master' in [[Kaumudy TV|Kaumudy]] channel.
In the course of his work, he has survived hundreds of bites from venomous snakes, some of which admitted him to the hospital, where he was placed on a ventilator or treated in the ICU.

==Rejection of government job offer==
[[Image:Vava Suresh.jpg|right|thumb|200 px|Vava Suresh at [[Pandalam]] in 2011]]

In recognition of his services to the society, Forest Department and his efforts in conserving various vulnerable species of snakes endemic to the state, Suresh was offered a temporary government job<ref>{{cite web|author=TNN |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-21/thiruvananthapuram/31219671_1_snake-park-deadly-snakes-forest-minister |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109210717/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-21/thiruvananthapuram/31219671_1_snake-park-deadly-snakes-forest-minister |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-11-09 |title=Govt offers job to Vava Suresh |date=2012-03-21 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2013-05-27}}</ref> in 2012 by minister [[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]], at the snake park that would be set up at the Kottur forest area near Kattakada in Thiruvananthapuram for daily wages. But Suresh declined it, saying that he would be unable to help the society the way he wants to if he was employed.<ref name="intoday1">{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/snake-catcher-vava-suresh-denies-job-by-kerala-forest-minister/1/184330.html |title=Snake-catcher Vava Suresh denies job by Kerala forest minister |publisher=India Today |date=2012-04-13 |access-date=2013-05-27}}</ref>

==Accidents==
During his long career of conservation activities, he has encountered numerous accidents. According to an interview by the news channel ABP Maza, conducted on 5 June 2012, Suresh admitted to being kept on a ventilator twice and in ICU four times. In all, he has survived more than 300 venomous snake bites.<ref name="intoday1"/> He was hospitalised in August 2013 for a lethal bite. On 20 June 2015 he was hospitalized for a cobra bite <ref>{{Cite web|date=20 June 2015|title=പാന്പ് കടിയേറ്റു, പക്ഷേ വാവസുരേഷ് അത്യാസന്ന നിലയിലല്ല|url=https://malayalam.oneindia.com/news/kerala/vava-suresh-in-hospital-due-to-snake-bite-135217.html|website=oneindia.malayalam|access-date=16 June 2021|language=malayalam}}</ref>and recently, on 13 February 2020, he had a serious [[Russell's viper]] bite.<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 February 2020|title=Vava Suresh suffers snakebite|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/vava-suresh-suffers-snakebite/articleshow/74125427.cms|website=[[Times Of India]]|access-date=16 June 2021}}</ref>

==Recognitions==
Suresh was awarded the 'Vocational Service Award 2011' instituted by the Rotary Club's Thiruvananthapurm division.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article1720305.ece |title= Award for snake catcher |publisher=thehindu.com|date=2011-04-23 |access-date=2011-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article384832.ece |title=Rotary award for Vava Suresh |publisher=The New Indian Express|date=2011-04-21 |access-date=2011-04-26}}</ref> He was selected for his service to the society for many years. On November 2013 during his visit to Kerala, Britain's [[Prince Charles]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/prince-charles-to-meet-a-master-snake-catcher-vava-suresh-217161-2013-11-12|title=Prince Charles to meet master snake catcher Vava Suresh in Thrissur today|first1=J. Binduraj|last1=KochiNovember 12|first2=2013UPDATED|last2=November 12|first3=2013 11:58|last3=Ist|website=India Today}}</ref> expressed his desire to meet Vava Suresh and a rendezvous was arranged in Vazhachal.

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.sspsnyc.com/2015/11/vava-suresh-snake-master.html Fan website]
* [https://www.twentyfournews.com/2020/02/20/medical-college-doctor-facebook-post-vava-suresh.html ആശുപത്രിയില്‍ നിന്ന് പുറത്തിറങ്ങുമ്പോഴെങ്കിലും വാവ സുരേഷ് മണ്ടത്തരങ്ങള്‍ തിരിച്ചറിയണം: ഡോക്ടറുടെ കുറിപ്പ്]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Suresh, Vava}}
[[Category:Indian conservationists]]
[[Category:Indian environmentalists]]
[[Category:Indian herpetologists]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1974 births]]

Vava Suresh - Revision history

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