NEWS & UPDATES

Kaziranga National Park, April 22, 2017: IFAW-WTI has provided ex-gratia support of Rs 100,000 to the family of the late Mr Gautam Baruah, a forest guard killed on duty in the Western Forest Range (Bagori) of Kaziranga National...

Manas National Park, April 15, 2017: A family from Palchiguri village on the fringes of Manas National Park yesterday received an amount of Rs 50,000 from IFAW-WTI’s Greater Manas Conservation Project, as ex-gratia support for an incident of Human Elephant...

Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, April 12, 2017: Two male Asiatic black bear cubs, estimated to be between one and two months old, were rescued and brought to IFAW-WTI’s Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) in Pakke Tiger Reserve...

Bokakhat, Assam, April 9, 2017: A CWRC Mobile Veterinary Service unit rescued three Indian jackal pups from a construction site in the Rajabari area of Bokakhat Town late last month. The pups, two females and a male, are now housed in a specialised enclosure...

Guwahati, Assam, March 28, 2017: In a bid to reach out to an urban audience that is sympathetic to wildlife conservation yet may be unfamiliar with the conservation activities being conducted by CWRC the IFAW-WTI team organised a photo-exhibition at the State...

Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary, March 23, 2017: Working in collaboration with the Chhattisgarh Forest Department, Wildlife Trust of India successfully deployed satellite collars on two wild buffaloes (Bubalus arnee) and one gaur (Bos gaurus) this...

Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) mourns the passing of Mr Ratan Lal Yadav, employed by the Chhattisgarh Forest Department as a casual worker in Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary, on March 19, 2017 at the age of 55. Mr Yadav died on duty while tracking an adult male wild...

Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, March 20, 2017: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) this morning commenced a five-day training workshop titled “Conservation Action: Focus on Human-Wildlife Interface” for 14 IFS probationers from the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy...

Kaziranga National Park, March 19, 2017: WTI and Elephant Family organised an Annual Planning-cum-Review Meeting of the Green Corridor Champions in Assam at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation in Panbari on March...

Jammu & Kashmir, March 17, 2017: Working in partnership with the Jammu & Kashmir Department of Wildlife Protection, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) today completed the last of a series of Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation Training Workshops for frontline...

Mysuru, Karnataka, March 15, 2017: IFAW-WTI has provided ex-gratia support of Rs 100,000 to the family of 28-year-old Murigeppa Tammangol, a forest guard who was killed on duty on February 19 while trying to douse a forest fire that had broken out in Bandipur...

Sonitpur West Forest Division, Assam, March 13, 2017: A wild buffalo that had been treated last month by a Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) team from CWRC is showing signs of improvement, an observation team of the forest department has...

Manas National Park, March 11, 2017: Reports from the field confirm that one of the female eastern swamp deer translocated from Kaziranga National Park to Manas National Park late last month has given...

Manas National Park, March 8, 2017: A seven-day special workshop on wildlife offense report writing was organised for frontline staff of Manas National Park by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) with support...

Jorhat, Assam, March 5, 2017: Working in concert with the Assam Forest Department (AFD), a Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) team recently helped resolve a conflict situation by assisting a leopard that had strayed into a human...

CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, February 27, 2017: A pair of western hoolock gibbons under long-term care at CWRC was shifted to a pre-selected acclimatisation site in the adjoining Panbari Reserve Forest on February 25. This is first step in the gibbons’...

Sutrapada, Gujarat, February 22, 2017: A neonatal whale shark was rescued by a local fisherman in the coastal waters off the fishing village of Sutrapada on the morning of February 18. This self-documented rescue was the fifth encounter with whale shark pups...

Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar, February 21, 2017: WTI, in association with the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kanpur and the Bihar State Forest Department, has provided women from Done Valley, Valmiki Tiger Reserve, training in the weaving...

Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, February 20, 2017: Nine days ago, a WTI Rapid Response Team assisted the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department in tranquilising and capturing a tiger that was declared a man-eater after having killed multiple people in the fringe areas of...

Kaziranga National Park, Assam, February 14, 2017: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and Elephant Family, in a joint venture with Duarbagori Cooperative Society Limited (DBCSL) have developed a cadre of local individuals called the Green Corridor Champions...