NEWS & UPDATES

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Dharchula (Uttarakhand): Authorities who met at the wildlife enforcement and legal workshop last week in Dharchula, Uttarakhand, unanimously recommended institutionalization of cross border coordination and joint enforcement operations, among others, for...

New Delhi: ‘A Shawl to die for’ – a Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) film – won an award for Technical Excellence in Cinematography at the prestigious CMS Vatavaran 2009 film awards – India’s premier festival for Indian and international...

Primorski (Russia): Despite being home to the Amur leopard – one of the world’s most endangered large cat species with just about 30-35 wild individuals remaining, Kedrovaya Pad Nature Reserve in the south-western Primorski region in Russia has been...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given a go-ahead to draft a detailed roadmap for the Cheetah Reintroduction Project, proposed by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), and endorsed by wildlife experts during the consultative meeting...

Delhi: Despite ivory trade being banned 20 years ago, hundreds, if not thousands, of wild elephants continue to fall prey to poachers across their distribution range, each...

Wayanad (Kerala): “It has come to us like a blessing from God,” claims Kenchan, referring to a Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) initiative that has helped her family relocate from their old settlement in Wayanad Elephant Corridor in Kerala to evade conflicts...

Delhi: August 30 has been declared as the International Whale Shark Day by the host of the Second International Whale Shark Conference, National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP),...

Kokrajhar (Assam): Moving a step forward in the novel attempt to rehabilitate hand-raised clouded leopards in India, the two cubs being looked after by the Bodoland Territorial Council – International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India...

New Delhi: In a rare verdict convicting one of the country’s most infamous wildlife criminals, Sansar Chand was yesterday held guilty by a city court hearing a 15-year-old case of illegal possession of a leopard...

Valmiki (Bihar): Amid reports of decline in tiger numbers across India, positive news has emerged from the once-neglected Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar, along the Indo-Nepal border. At least eight cubs have been born in the reserve since 2005, including two...

Delhi: In three different raids, a captive elephant, a python, and shells were seized in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, yesterday. Three persons have been...

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu): Elephant conservationists and forest officials of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu met today at Coimbatore, beginning a two-day workshop to discuss initiatives undertaken and plan potential future activities for long-term...

New Delhi: Bishan Singh, arrested in Delhi in March 1997 for illegal trade in desert cat and fishing cat articles, was today sentenced to a year in prison by the Court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Dig Vinay Singh. He has also been fined a...

Sivasagar (Assam): An adult male tiger whose attack led to the death of two persons in Sivasagar district in the northeast Indian state of Assam, was tranquilised and captured on Monday by the Forest Department assisted by International Fund for Animal...

Kaziranga (Assam): A displaced two-month old Asiatic black bear cub has been admitted to the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) near Kaziranga National Park for hand-raising and eventual rehabilitation back in the...

Kokrajhar (Assam): Moving to the next phase in the ongoing rehabilitation of the two handraised clouded leopards in Greater Manas, the Bodoland Territorial Council – International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India (BTC-IFAW-WTI) has now...

Veraval (Gujarat): Marine conservationists in the western Indian state of Gujarat have obtained first underwater photographs of a whale shark in India, to be used in scientific study of the...

Kozhikode: A tiger skin was seized from three traders in Kozhikode district in Kerala following an undercover operation by the Forest Department earlier this month. The traders have been arrested and a search has been initiated to nab the people who killed...

Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh): His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, today, appealed to his fellow Tibetans not to harm wildlife, at an awareness event organised by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and Care for the Wild International...