NEWS & UPDATES

30th December, 2021, Sundarbans National Park Wildlife Trust of India’s Rapid Response Team (RRT) assists the Forest Department to rescue an adult male tiger from the Kultali Village Block of Garankanthi Forests of the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve. Thanks to a...

Valmikinagar, Bihar, 29th December, 2021: Valmiki Tiger Reserve, with its strategic location and close proximity to the international border of Nepal, is the only tiger reserve in the state of Bihar. Spanning a total area of 899.38 sq. km., the Tiger Reserve...

8th December, 2021, Noida: A big win for Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the overall wildlife conservation fraternity came in the form of YouTube removing content showing the illegal trade of pangolin on the video sharing platform this last week. Over the...

4 December 2021, Veraval: The Kharwa Cricket Club (KCC) Ground came alive today when partners of the Gujarat Whale Shark Conservation Project celebrated the 15th Gujarat Whale Shark Day with local communities. This annual commemorative day Kartak Vad Amavas...

15 November 2021, Manas National Park: Within a span of three days, two Asiatic black bears venturing out of their protected areas and injured by spears were rescued by WTI’s veterinarians and released back to the wild. WTI’s Mobile Veterinary Service...

18th November 2021, Haknar: Wildlife Trust of India launched its Hangul Recovery Project with community convergence to bring back this Critically Endangered ungulate to a sustainable population in its range state, Kashmir. Endemic to Jammu and Kashmir, the...

15 November 2021, Jodhpur: More than 150 Demoiselle Cranes (Grus virgo) have been reported dead in the latest incidence of Avian Flu in Rajasthan. With the numbers still on the rise, the whole state is on high alert. IFAW-WTI’s Emergency Response Network...

Elephant deaths due to electrocution are not a new thing for India. According to an RTI reply from the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to activist K Govindan Namboothiry, about 474 elephants have died across the country due to...

Raimona National Park, Assam, 22 September 2021: While the Assam government’s bold decision to destroy rhino horn stockpiles was implemented in Bokakhat near Kaziranga, another conservation milestone was reached by the Bodoland Territorial Region in the...

Bokakhat, Assam, 22 September 2021: The biggest ever stockpile of rhino horns comprising 2479 rhino horns was consigned to flames by the Assam government in a massive public ceremony on World Rhino Day today. This event is a culmination of a long and thorough...

Marseilles, 8 September 2021: Today the IUCN, the largest global union of conservation of nature voted at the World Conservation Congress in Marseilles to elect its new governing Council for 2021-25. Celebrating his election as  a Councillor of the IUCN,...

25th August, 2021, Siliguri: The largest of Asian Gyps vultures, the Himalayan Griffons, have long been threatened by the use of certain drugs in cattle treatment and pesticides in agriculture farming. In most of India’s countryside, deliberate poisoning of...

15 August 2021, Kokrajhar: On the occasion of the 75th year of Indian independence, the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) organized a felicitation ceremony to recognise all individuals and organizations that have played a role in the region’s development....

18 August, Wayanad: In an incident that has left many flummoxed, a carcass of a young 10-year-old tigress was found in an elephant corridor in Wayanad. WTI’s Field Officer Shajan M A was part of the expert committee formed for the post-mortem of the tigress...

26 July 2021, Kannur: International Mangrove Day was commemorated on July 26, by Wildlife Trust of India’s Kannur Kandal Project and Kerala Forest Department through a webinar to discuss the future of mangrove conservation in Kerala. The online event saw...

19 July 2021, Udalguri, Assam: Are birds responsible for Covid-19? More than a year into the worst outbreak of a Corona virus, the lethal second wave had thrown life out of gear and provided fuel to some misinformed decision making. Earlier last month, the...

23 June 2021, Pakke Tiger Reserve: When two newborn female bear cubs were handed over to Dr. Panjit Basumatary on 12th February, 2021, it was love at first sight. Their eyes hadn’t yet opened but their warm soft bodies instinctively cuddled into the palms...

10 June 2021, Assam: On World Environment Day, the newly elected Chief Minister of the Government of Assam, Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma declared two new National Parks, delighting conservationists and communities alike. The much awaited Gazette notification of...

Tinsukia, May 24, 2021: Working with the Assam Forest Department and with a little help from the local community, Wildlife Trust of India’s Mobile Veterinary Service in Eastern Assam reunited a leopard cub with its mother within 12 hours of finding it in a...

17 May 2021: The ‘Big 5’ is an old term used by trophy hunters in Africa for the five most prized and dangerous animals to shoot and kill: elephant, rhino, leopard, Cape buffalo and lion. The New Big 5 project has a better idea: to create a New Big 5 of...