Dr. Panjit Basumatary

CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, 22 March 2016: A week old male rhino calf rescued by... Read More

It was one of the happiest moments of my life: the sight of a tiny serpent head peeping out from a cracked eggshell in the makeshift incubation crate we had created for its giant mother and all her eggs.

CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, July 19, 2016: A male Asian elephant calf, about one-and-a-half months... Read More

CWRC Kaziranga National Park July 28, 2016: six rhino calves rescued from the monsoon floods in Kaziranga National Park over the last three days have been admitted to the Large Animal Nursery at the Center for Wildlife

Kaziranga, 22 October, 2014: Sunday night saw yet another arrival of a female elephant calf at the IFAW- WTI run CWRC. The calf was rescued by the Assam FD from villagers who had kept the calf in their custody and were worshipping it as a God.

Kaziranga, September 23, 2014: The rescue of the female elephant calf from Uma Tamuni island in the Brahmaputra saw her entry last week to the IFAW-WTI run CWRC where she is currently under the process of stabilization.

This first-person account was submitted by IFAW-WTI's vet. Dr. Bishwajit Boruah, who did the work to save the poisoned vultures.

Dr Panjit Basumatary is elated. A rhino calf found in the backyard of a house, attacked by a tiger, recovers from his injuries and walks into the open for the first time. IFAW-WTI veterinarian, Dr Basumatary, recounts his experience of saving this r