jaipur peera ram bishnoi was earning his livelihood working at his small puncture repair shop near national highway65 while working in the shop one day he saw a black buck lying on the road on the verge of death who had just been hit by a passing vehicle he treated the animal from his meagre income and left him in the wild over the next few years he came across many such animals who were paying the price of mans encroachment into their habitat being a bishnoi hailing from dhamana village in jalore district environment conservation is in his blood slowly he started tending to these animals took them to the vet bought medicines and did whatever he could in his capacity his home became a shelter for black bucks deer peacocks vultures rabbits monkeys and others i used to work in my shop during day time and in the evenings i used to visit civil servants doctors rich businessmen to ask for help for taking care of these animals in the beginning they were a little apprehensive but i gained their trust with my work said peer ram this however did not last very long and he was arrested on the charge of keeping wild animals in his home without any permission which is against the law he then decided to take permission from the government and set up a shelter farm for these animals in need in the nearby wasteland of government peera ram started the farm with one deer on a small piece of land but as time passed he was granted more land from the government and now his shelter farm is spread over two acres people started pitching in chemists stopped charging me for medicines doctors took out time to treat the animals free of cost some gave me fodder others gave me monetary help and some came to volunteer at the farm government has provided eight armed guards for the protection of endangered animals in my farm i was even allowed by the authorities to train at the veterinary care in jodhpur zoo for six months said peera ram with a hint of pride in his eyes peera ram was in jaipur on friday to receive the earth heroes award given by royal bank of scotland to people who have dedicatedly worked to conserve the environmenthowever it wasnt a bed of roses for him hunters and poachers targeted him many times peera ram said that there were a few attempts on his life as he got many hunters arrested who tried to hurt the animals he said people who want to encroach on the land or hunters whose livelihood has been threatened with my work have tried many times to attack me but somehow i have survived authorities are supporting me at present there are 600 animals in my farm and in the past 10 years i have taken care of around 1200 animals peera ram still runs the puncture shop and with the