Chester Zoo recently joined forces with Britain’s largest restaurant chain serving Indian cuisine, Mowgli Street Food, to assist in defending wildlife against extinction.
This new agreement, which was forged by a mutual ambition to answer the challenges faced by endangered animals in the wild, aims to safeguard species habitats and drive the conservation efforts helping orangutans in Borneo and the elephants of India.
Inspired by its experiences working closely with Chester Zoo’s conservationist, which took place in north-eastern India’s Assam where critical efforts are underway to aid species such as Asian elephants, the Mowgli Restaurant Group has committed itself to assisting wildlife recovery, along with supporting thriving ecosystems.
Mowgli Street Foods was founded with the concept of charitable giving as a core value. Among its original goals was the concept of giving something back to the different communities it serves and improving the lives of the people it employs.
In 2018, the company’s creator Nisha Katona MBE established The Mowgli Trust with the specific aim of raising much-needed money for its local charities through simply inviting guests to include a £1 voluntarily donation to their bill.
The CEO and founder of Mowgli Street Food, commented on the new alliance:
“Mowgli exists to enrich lives in the places she goes. We love that our partnership with Chester Zoo lifts our ambitions from our high street communities and local charities, into the realms of preventing the extinction of species such as magnificent Asian elephants in India and orangutans in Borneo.”
The restaurant chain launched in 2014, and has since gone on to raise more than £1.8million for international and local charities.
