NEWS & UPDATES

Sutrapada: Fishermen have freed a 30-feet-long whale shark trapped in their nets on Monday off the coast of Sutrapada in the Western Indian state of...

Kaziranga: WTI (Wildlife Trust of India) and IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) will move six hand-raised elephant calves today from the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) in Kaziranga to Doimari in Manas National...

New Delhi: Five deaths of the critically endangered Siberian tiger in recent months have raised concern among conservationists battling to protect their population in the Russian Far...

Tura (Meghalaya): Residents of Selbalgre, a village in the West Garo Hills, Meghalaya, have set aside an additional hundred hectares of land for the conservation of the Hoolock gibbon. The land was handed over to the executive committee of the Selbalgre...

Udalguri, Assam: Manas National Park, a UN World Heritage Site, plagued by militancy for over a decade, got a fresh lease of life as the local tribal government effectively trebled the area under it, calling it Greater...

Veraval, Gujarat: Fishermen have released another whale shark from their nets – this time off the coast of Veraval, where about 30 people took their turn in a rescue operation which lasted for more than three...

Keonjhar (Orissa): Based on the information provided by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), four persons were arrested last Friday, March 7, while trying to sell elephant tusks to decoy customers in Haridagoth, a town near Keonjhar, Orissa. Two tusks weighing...

Veraval, Gujarat: Fishermen have released another whale shark from their nets – this time off the coast of Veraval, where about 30 people took their turn in a rescue operation which lasted for more than three...

Kaziranga: Villagers in Khsiapung village have handed over an infant bear cub to a local NGO after her mother was brutally killed by poachers in Karbi Anglong district in the Northeastern Indian state of...

Yarmouth Port, Mass: After suffering the worst flood in its modern history, Jakarta is now busy trying to recover from the devastation. The floods began in early February and, at one point, covered 80% of Indonesia’s capital.  Thousands of people fled the...

New Delhi: Tibetan people are gradually switching over to exquisite brocade dresses in place of animal skin Chubas – widely used in festivals and ceremonies in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, experts monitoring the illegal skin trade said. In a...

New Delhi: In one of the quickest convictions two rhino horn traders were today sentenced to four years imprisonment and a fine of rupees 10,000 each in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. The accused Ganesh Oraon and Nando Kumar Ghosh were arrested in...

New Delhi: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) joined an international group comprising twenty-eight tiger conservation organizations exhorting China to maintain its successful ban on tiger trade. This was in response to a recent petition by tiger farm owners...

Charlottetown, Canada: Conservationists around the globe condemned the Canadian annual seal hunt which will soon witness the death of 270,000 harp seal pups – the largest legal and organized hunt in the world. This cruel hunt for seals involves inhuman...

New Delhi: Five sloth bear cubs were rescued from two persons in Munger district in the eastern Indian state of Bihar yesterday by a joint team of forest and police officials, an official investigating in the case said. Acting on a tip-off, the team led by R....

New Delhi: Fishermen have saved yet another whale shark in the Western Indian state of Gujarat, making it the fifth such case in less than two months, a trend which is being attributed to the Wildlife Trust of India’s effective Whale Shark Campaign. In the...

New Delhi: Eight Tibetans chosen by WTI and Care for the Wild International to spread conservation awareness in Tibetan settlements got a chance to participate in an exciting three-day wildlife tour to one of India’s oldest National Parks. Their visit to...

New Delhi: The Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) formally declared today the formation of the Village Wildlife Reserve in Selbalgre village in the North-east Indian state of Meghalaya, a move which conservationists believe would help to conserve...

Kathmandu: International conservation groups are calling upon the Chinese government to initiate an immediate investigation into China’s largest tiger farm, after a Beijing-based news team reported it had proof that the farm’s restaurant serves tiger...

Kaziranga, Assam : Two poachers were shot dead by park rangers yesterday, following tight security in Kaziranga National Park where poachers killed six rhinoceros in a span of two months, prompting officials to ask for more security. Two accomplices managed...