NEWS & UPDATES

Srinagar, 1st July 2024: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) in collaboration with the Department of Wildlife Protection (DWP), Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has been working on Markhor (Capra falconeri) and Hangul (Cervus hanglu) recovery projects in the landscape...

Kaziranga, 26th June 2024: On the 10th of June,  residents of Jorhat town in the state of Assam found a lone Asian palm civet kitten, crying out for its mother. Unfortunately, the mother was nowhere to be seen. Concerned for its well-being, the residents...

Khammam district, 19th June 2024: In the past three months, the frontline forest staff at Sathupally and Khammam Forest Division in Telangana have thwarted two wildlife crime incidents. They successfully apprehended the poachers and seized their weapons...

The Indian Wildlife Ecology Conference (IWEC ‘24), held between June 14th and 16th, 2024 at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru, marked India’s first national-level wildlife research conclave. The 3-day event was organised in...

Valmikinagar, 16th June, 2024: 160 gharial eggs have hatched successfully across the Gandak River this past week, in time for World Crocodile Day this year. Wildlife Trust of India, in collaboration with the Forest Department and nest watchers from the local...

It is with profound sadness that the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) announces the passing of Dr. A.J.T. Johnsingh, a luminary in the field of conservation, who breathed his last today, at 78 years old. Dr. A.J.T. Johnsingh is a luminary whose life story is...

5th June, 2024: WTI celebrated the World Environment Day 2024 with plantation drives and awareness programs across its project landscapes. In Meghalaya, we worked with local schools to organise plantation and cleanliness drives – a part of our ongoing...

1st June 2024: Late Shri Rajendra Singh Kushre was a forester posted in the Shahpur range of the Dindori division, Madhya Pradesh. He displayed unwavering dedication to his work and possessed extensive knowledge about the forest.  On May 1st 2024 Kushre was...

2nd June, 2024: SenseArt, a leading global art curation and installation design company, has launched “Searching for Wild Planets” – an art exhibition themed around global wildlife conservation in China. WTI is happy to be associated with...

Kaziranga, 29th May, 2024: An Asian wild buffalo that was rescued as a neonate in January 2020, embarks on a journey back to the wild in the Burachapori WLS under Kaziranga Tiger Reserve, Assam. The animal was undergoing the necessary rehabilitation at the...

May 15, 2024: The first-ever World Species Congress, hosted by Reverse the Red was a 24-hour event, launched to foster an exchange of ideas to accelerate species recovery and enhance success through cross-sector learning and insights from non-traditional...

Jambhulpani, 22nd May 2024: Wildlife Trust of India, in partnership with the Maharashtra Forest Department, observed the International Day for Biological diversity, 2024, at Sodlagondi-Jambhulpani village yesterday. As part of the celebrations, a short...

Baripada, Odisha, 17th May 2024: A leopard caused quite a stir in the Bhanjapur area of Baripada town in Mayurbhanj district, Odisha last week. On being alerted to the incident by alarmed residents, the Forest Department along with Wildlife Trust of India’s...

On January 8, 2024, a tragic vehicular accident occurred in the Chilla range of Rajaji Tiger Reserve, Dehradun, involving a group of forest officials and vehicle operators. The accident claimed the lives of four individuals and left six severely injured. In...

Kaziranga, Assam, May 9th 2024:  The frontline staff of the Assam Forest Department discovered a lone elephant calf on the northern bank of the Brahmaputra River, deep within the Biswanath Range of Kaziranga National Park. Upon realising that the calf was...

Endemic to the Indian subcontinent, the Sloth bear (locally known as reech) is easily identifiable by its shaggy black coat, elongated muzzle, protruding lip, and a distinctive white V-shaped patch on its chest. This elusive bear has been integral to...

Itanagar, April 23, 2024: A male Asiatic Black Bear cub was rescued from the Sagalee region of Papum Pare district by the Department of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Arunachal Pradesh. The cub, about a month old, most probably had been separated...

CWRC, Assam 26th April 2024: A Himalayan Griffon vulture found collapsed on the roadside, was rescued by villagers in Bokakhat town of Golaghat district, Assam. Concerned for its well-being, they promptly alerted the Assam Forest Department leading to its...

Kaziranga, 17th April 2024: 55 representatives from 12 of the 13 Asian elephant range countries, members of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Asian Elephant Specialist Group (AsESG) members, other elephant experts, state forest departments, and...

Kaziranga, 16th April 2024: A late-night visit from a King cobra measuring approx. 10-foot-long  left a family in Panijuri village of Burapahar range, Kaziranga National Park in shock. Identified as an adult male, the highly venomous snake was discovered...