From a home rescue operation to an Academy Award nomination — our story in the world's press, beginning in June 2008.
140+
Media Features
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Awards & Honors
19
Years of Coverage
Milestones that brought global attention to raptor conservation in Delhi.
95th Academy Awards
"All That Breathes" directed by Shaunak Sen, featuring Wildlife Rescue's work.
Sundance Film Festival
The film premiered at Sundance and won the top documentary prize.
Cannes Film Festival
Recognized at Cannes as one of the year's most powerful documentaries.
Jackson Wild
Honored at the premier nature media festival for excellence in wildlife storytelling.
Peabody Awards
Recognized for excellence in storytelling that reflects the spirit and values of public life.
Gotham Awards
Won the top documentary prize at one of independent cinema's most prestigious ceremonies.
National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association, Bellevue WA (Seattle)
Nadeem Shehzad and Mohammad Saud presented Wildlife Rescue's refined surgical technique for propatagium repair in raptors to an international audience of rehabilitators and veterinarians.
View presentation photos & techniqueNational Wildlife Rehabilitators Association, Los Angeles
First international presentation of Wildlife Rescue's self-developed surgical technique for manja-injured raptors.
Beyond the press and the film awards — how our field, the sciences and the library world assess the work.
The IWRC's executive director names Nadeem Shehzad and Mohammad Saud as IWRC members, and presents Wildlife Rescue as representative of the global wildlife-rehabilitation profession.
View sourceThe documentary recording our work was reviewed in one of the two leading general science journals.
View sourceAn interview by a Cambridge geographer recording the founders' four-category taxonomy of manja collision injuries, with a matched surgical repair protocol for each category.
View sourceLecture programme describing the black kite as “essential to the ecosystem of New Delhi”.
View sourceStarred review of Bird Brothers, A Delhi Story, the children's book about the founders' work.
View sourceBird Brothers, A Delhi Story is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection 2025, a CCBC Choice 2026, and a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year 2026.
View sourcePeer-reviewed papers published by other scholars examining “All That Breathes” and the rescue work it records. These are independent academic studies, not research authored by Wildlife Rescue.
53 features with a live link, drawn from 140+ verified items since 2008 — click any article to read it.
KISU (NPR)
Bharat Speaks
The World (PRX)
Clarion India
Screen Anarchy
MNaushad.com
Temple News
NPR
The Guardian
Gulf News
DW (Deutsche Welle)
Print edition
ThePrint
Aaj Tak
The Patriot
The Caravan
Earth Island Journal
BBC World News
CNN
The Washington Post
South China Morning Post
Arab News
KUOW (NPR)
Hindustan Times
NDTV
Times of India
Scroll.in
The Better India
Awaz The Voice
Indiatimes.com
Huck Magazine
Senses of Cinema
DMTalkies
Spirituality & Practice
ASAP Art
Audubon Society
Mongabay
BirdSpot
New Indian Express
Book of Achievers
The New York Times
Pulse (Uganda)
Times of India
The Indian Express
Audubon Society
BBC Wildlife Magazine
Print edition
10,000 Birds
Al Jazeera
The Hindu
Rediff
ZDNet
Hindustan Times
Times of India
Down To Earth
Before the Oscar nomination, the press was already taking notice. A timeline of our founding-era coverage.
Hindustan Times, HT City
“Prey Mercy” — the first newspaper feature on the brothers’ rescue work, and the start of our press record
Times of India
The Hindu
DNA India
NDTV
India Today
Zee News
Sunday Guardian
The Pioneer
Mid-Day
The Indian Express
Deccan Herald
Down To Earth
Full-page feature on raptor rescue in Delhi
Sunday Express
The Pioneer
Hindustan Times
Times of India
NDTV
The Hindu
Indian Express
Hindustan Times
Deccan Chronicle
Sunday Pioneer
Business Standard
The Week
Cover story on Delhi's wildlife rescue movement
ZDNet
International tech media picks up the story
Discovery Channel India
TV feature segment on Wildlife Rescue
Coverage that never went online — held as newspaper scans and broadcast recordings at Wildlife Rescue. All but one predate the documentary. Available on request.
Covered in four Indian languages — Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kashmiri.
Zee News, NDTV, CNN-IBN and Animal Planet filmed at the clinic before the documentary was made.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Print“Milans Brüder” by Till Fähnders — a full page 9 in Germany's paper of record
Animal Planet
BroadcastDeutsche Welle
BroadcastGermany's international broadcaster, publishing in 30 languages
BBC Wildlife Magazine
Print“Kite Club”
Asianet News
BroadcastMalayalam
The Dinamani
PrintTamil
DD Kashir
BroadcastKashmiri
NDTV
BroadcastZee News
BroadcastCNN-IBN
BroadcastSahara NCR
BroadcastHindustan Times, HT City
Print“Prey Mercy” — the earliest item in our press record
A selection from the physical archive. Scans and recordings are held at Wildlife Rescue and can be made available to funders, journalists and researchers on request.
For media inquiries, interview requests, or hi-res photos, contact us directly. We're happy to provide logos, team photos, rescue footage, and background materials.
nadeem@raptorrescue.orgHi-Res Photos
Rescue operations, team portraits, species close-ups
Logo & Branding
SVG and PNG formats, usage guidelines
Fact Sheet
Key stats, timeline, and organization background
See how it all started — the Oscar-nominated film that brought our story to the world.
All That Breathes