Solo Wildlife Trust

Solo is the reason this Trust exists

“If there is any individual who has had a bigger role to play in my personal and professional life than my family, it has to be tigress Solo. I had known her since she was a cub herself and followed her life for almost eight years. We grew up together.

Through her, I learned the importance of family, of living in the moment, being ruthlessly loyal and ambitious but at the same time caring and loving. I saw her miss ten, maybe fifteen hunts before successfully bringing down her prey – each failed attempt bringing her closer to starvation. Through this, I learned to never give up. A tigress in the wild taught me all this and more. A tigress called Solo.”

Suyash Keshari · Founder

In October 2020, Solo was poisoned. This is her story-

I can no longer only tell their stories

For over a decade I have filmed and written about wild India. I believed that if people could see these animals the way I have — close, unguarded, alive — they would care enough to protect them.

Losing Solo taught me the limits of that belief. Awareness is not protection. The tigers falling today are falling in places no camera reaches and no patrol covers — the farmland edges, the scrub corridors, the forgotten buffers.

So I am starting this Trust. Not another organisation with a logo, but a long, patient commitment to the land beyond the boundary — and to the people who share it. It will take years. It will take all of us. And it begins with telling you the truth: we are just getting started.

Suyash Keshari

Founder

Six commitments of the Solo Wildlife Trust

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Create new habitats for wildlife

Rewild

Transform degraded and abandoned land into thriving wildlife habitats, giving tigers and other species new spaces to live, feed and flourish.

Repair and reconnect existing ecosystems

Restore

Revive native forests, grasslands and wildlife corridors, reconnecting fragmented landscapes so animals can move safely between isolated forests.

A tiger cooling off and drinking in a waterhole

Keep the landscape thriving in drier months

Rejuvenate

Create and revive natural water sources, giving wildlife access to water when and where it is needed most.

A tiger standing among fallen trees and dry grass

Protect wildlife where protection ends — beyond park boundaries

Protect

Strengthen on-ground protection beyond official patrols, helping prevent snares, poisoning, retaliation and other threats to wildlife.

Suyash Keshari with a long-lens camera in a safari vehicle

Understand the impact of our efforts and constantly improve our practices

Research

Combining the power of science and knowledge of ground realities to make informed conservation decisions in all areas of our operations.

A young deer looking up from tall golden grass

Suyash Keshari sitting with a group of laughing village children

Build peaceful coexistence, not conflict

Communities

Create meaningful jobs and livelihood opportunities for communities living alongside wildlife — helping reduce human-wildlife conflict and build a shared sense of stewardship for the natural world.

Our Rewilding Project

What was once degraded farmland is now being transformed into a thriving wildlife ecosystem.

Through rewilding, habitat restoration and the creation of water sources, we’re bringing life back to the land and creating safer spaces for wildlife, including tigers.

This is just the beginning.

Discover the Rewilding 101 project →