Anbarasi Boopal

Anbu

1999 - 2004 Master's Degree in Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University; 2005 - 2006 M.Sc, Environmental Management, National University of Singapore

2007 - 2011 Head of Programmes, ACRES Singapore (Animal Concerns Research & Education Society); 2015 - 2021 Deputy Chief Executive, ACRES; 2021 - Present Co-CEO (Advocacy)

Leadership Excellence Awards by CMO Asia 2018. The advocacy work of ACRES was acknowledged by the Singapore Advocacy Awards, Singapore's first advocacy awards initiative in 2015. Won the 3rd Prize of S$4,000 from the National University of Singapore in the project title of Conserving banded leaf monkeys (Presbytis femoralis femoralis) in Singapore: Exploring possibilities. Won the Best Entry in Tamil for the NUS CENTENNIAL Writing Competition. This writing Competition was organized by the University Scholars’ Programme, and attracted over 100 entries. Anbarasi’s entry “Ideas of a University” was inspired by the classic works of John Henry Newman, a 19thcentury Oxford academic

Involved in the repatriation of 51 trafficked Indian star tortoises back to India into the wild. She also led the investigations in 2010, resulting in the largest seizure of alleged tiger parts in Singapore

English, Tamil

Yoga, sketching

The personal magic moment was being a part of the repatriation process. It was challenging but she is happy and contented that she is able to save animals from being poached and smuggled and send them back into the wild

The reason of success is having compassion and patience. She also extends her work to all animals, and not just endangered species. She also mentions that change takes time and perseverance is needed

https://acres.org.sg/

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