NEWS & UPDATES

Manas National Park, Assam, November 16, 2017:  The first calf born to Ganga, one of the rhinos rehabilitated into Manas National Park under IFAW-WTI and the Assam Forest Department’s Greater Manas Recovery Project, was sighted with her own firstborn, a...

Karbi Anglong, Assam, November 14, 2017: The 4th edition of the Elephant Cup Football Tournament organised annually by WTI-JTEF kicked off at the Nohorsala Playground on November...

Karbi Anglong, Assam, November 14, 2017: As part of a Rapid Action Project (RAP) initiated by its Wild Aid division, WTI and DSWF distributed field equipment to members of thirteen local anti-depredation squads in west Karbi...

A project by Wildlife Trust of India, supported by David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, seeks to engage with village communities in the state of West Bengal to protect the declining local population of fishing cats, writes Debobroto...

This has reference to a report dated 13-11-2017 in the online news publication The Wire, titled 'Are Conservation Organisations Complicit in Ethnic...

Sutrapada, Gujarat, November 12, 2017: A male whale shark, 22 feet long, was satellite tagged by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) field personnel in the coastal waters off the fishing village of Sutrapada on the Saurashtra coast...

The leopard cats being transported to the release site in the forests of Bhumeshwar Pahar Charaikhola, Bodoland Territorial Area District, November 6, 2017: Working in concert with the Assam Forest Department, IFAW-WTI’s Western Assam Mobile Veterinary...

Chirang, Bodoland Territorial Area District, October 31, 2017: The Chirang Forest Division, with IFAW-WTI’s support, organised a formal inauguration event for the First Addition to Manas National Park, involving the laying of a foundation...

CWRC, Assam, October 31, 2017: A female sub-adult binturong with a fractured foreleg was successfully operated upon by the veterinary team at CWRCon October...

Manila, Philippines, October 28, 2017: The Twelfth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP12) concluded in the Philippines...

Golaghat District, Assam, October 23, 2017: WTI distributed field equipment to members of six local anti-depredation squads to help them tackle Human Elephant Conflict in the Thoramukh region of...

Karbi Anglong, Assam, October 1, 2017: 19 families in New Ram Terang village had voluntarily shifted out of their homes so that the Kalaphar-Daigrung Elephant Corridor could be secured. Last month, they received patta documents for the settlement...

Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Karnataka, October 15, 2017: Wildlife Trust of India’s Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) unit had a busy three days attending to a succession of large carnivore conflict cases reported from Bandipur and Nagarhole Tiger Reserves last...

Manas National Park, Assam, October 15, 2017: A street play performed by students from Bansbari, a village on the fringes of Manas National Park, was staged on Park Opening Day, October 15, at the park entrance...

MM Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka, October 13, 2017: The Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) unit established by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) under its Temple Tiger Project organised a livestock health camp in Hoogyam on October...

Bengaluru, Karnataka, October 11, 2017: In recognition of his exceptional contribution to the field of wildlife conservation, Vivek Menon, Founder and CEO of WTI was honoured with the RG Samsara Lifetime Achievement Award on October...

October 9, 2017: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) teamed up with state forest departments and local administrations across a number of its project areas to organise celebratory events for schoolchildren during Wildlife Week (October 2 to...

CWRC, Assam, October 3, 2017: A three-month-old female elephant calf that had been found stuck in a drain in Misa Tea Estate, Nagaon Wildlife Division, was brought to CWRC earlier...

Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve, September 26, 2017: In partnership with the Chhattisgarh Forest Department and with support from Oracle, WTI conducted a two-day refresher training for the staff of Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve from September 13 to...

Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, September 25, 2017: Three orphaned Asiatic black bear cubs that had been shifted to a pre-release site at Doimukh in the Khari Pong area of Pakke Tiger Reserve last month are doing well in their new...