NEWS & UPDATES

Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, Karnataka, March 3, 2018 Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) mourns the passing of S Manikandan (IFS), Conservator of Forests and Director, Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, who died in tragic circumstances at the age of 46 while on duty earlier...

CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, March 3, 2018: In celebration of the UN mandated World Wildlife Day, the field team at CWRC organised an awareness programme for students of the nearby Panbari Model Village earlier...

Maharashtra, March 2, 2018: In partnership with the Maharashtra Forest Department and the Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund (JTEF), WTI recently organised two training workshops to mitigate human-tiger conflict around Tipeshwar Wildlife...

CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, February 27, 2018: Two adult hog badgers, a male and a female, were rescued in separate incidents and admitted to the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation earlier this...

An interactive trail map showing the whale shark’s migratory path. (Use the controls on the map to play/pause or zoom in/out.) Sutrapada, Gujarat, February 27, 2017: The migratory path of a male whale shark that had been satellite-tagged off the...

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, February 24, 2018: A feather in the cap of Wildlife Trust of India’s Sarus Crane Conservation Project team in eastern Uttar Pradesh as Arshad Hussain, Assistant Manager and point person for the project's on-ground operations ‘was...

Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, February 22, 2018: An awareness and sensitisation programme on bears and their ecological importance was organised at CBRC on the occasion of ‘International Save Bears Day’...

Gothangaon, Maharashtra, February 22, 2018: A team from UNEP, led by its Executive Director Erik Solheim and Country Head (India) Atul Bagai, accompanied WTI Executive Director & CEO Vivek Menon to Gothangaon, a village near Maharashtra’s Umred Karhandla...

WRC, Kaziranga National Park, February 21, 2018: An orientation session on wildlife rescue and rehabilitation was organised for personnel from the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) on February...

New Delhi, February 20, 2018: Committing to collaborate across a range of initiatives aimed at protecting India’s natural heritage and specifically its National Heritage Animal, the Asian elephant, UN Environment (UNEP) and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI)...

Noida, NCR, February 18, 2018: The Shriram Millennium School’s commitment to the environment shone through as its annual sports events were dedicated to the cause of protecting the elephant, India’s National Heritage...

Family members of the late Lankeswar Lahkar, a forest guard who died on duty in Manas National Park Manas National Park, February 14, 2018: IFAW-WTI has provided ex-gratia support of Rs 100,000 to the family of the late Lankeswar Lahkar, employed as a Forest...

Dudhwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh, February 12, 2018: ‘Where the Sarus Sings’, a documentary on sarus crane conservation initiatives effected in eastern Uttar Pradesh (UP) by Wildlife Trust of India was released by the Chief Minister of UP Shri Yogi...

Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary, Chhattisgarh, February 7, 2018: Working in collaboration with the Chhattisgarh Forest Department, WTI’s Central India Wild Buffalo Recovery Project team successfully deployed radio collars on two wild buffaloes last...

February 5, 2018: WTI celebrated World Wetlands Day, held on February 2 to mark the signing of the Ramsar Convention on wetlands in 1971, with school and college students across a...

Through IFAW-WTI’s Greater Manas Conservation Fund, 66 first-aid kits and 20 anti-venom vials were handed over last month to HK Sarma, the Field Director of Manas National...

CWRC, Assam, January 25, 2018: Two Asiatic black bear cubs, between one and two months old, were rescued and brought to CWRC on January...

Karbi Anglong, Assam, January 24, 2018: Working in concert with the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC), WTI yesterday organised a Grain-for-Grain Relief Programme for families affected by conflict with wild...

New Delhi, January 23, 2018:Wildlife Trust of India and David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation have launched a mobile application called RoadWatch to help citizens report wildlife roadkills easily using their smartphones from anywhere in the...

Charaikhola, Bodoland Territorial Area District, January 17, 2018: Working in concert with the Assam Forest Department, IFAW-WTI’s Western Assam MVS unit successfully rehabilitated two rescued Himalayan Griffon vultures into the wild on January...