NEWS & UPDATES

Manas, Nov 17, 2013: Under the IFAW-WTI Wildlife Crime Prevention Training programme, 100 forest staff of Manas National Park, Manas Reserve Forest, Kachugaon Reserve Forest and Ripu Reserve Forest in Greater Manas are targetted to be...

Dello, November 20, 2013: Continuing efforts of conserving the last of India’s apes, the IFAW-WTI team in collaboration with the Arunachal Pradesh State Forest Department successfully captured and released two eastern hoolock...

Baksa, November 20, 2013: As part of the IFAW-WTI Animal Action Education Programme, the young boys and girls of Kahetima High School joined their teachers, local artists...

To sensitise the media to the nuances of wildlife conservation, with a concentration on human-animal conflict mitigation, a one day meet was organised by the WTI team with support from Aircel, on November 27 in Dudhwa National...

Udanti (Chhattisgarh), December 1, 2013: Adding another individual to the critically low population of the State Animal in Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary, the lone female wild buffalo gave birth to her fifth male calf this...

Bhavnagar, January 24, 2014: The year has started on a desolate note for conservationists and animal activists of Bhavnagar (Gujarat) and Jaipur (Rajasthan) with over 300 birds being severely injured in the kite flying festival of...

Simlipal, April 19, 2014: To facilitate rescue of wild animals in Simlipal Tiger Reserve (STR), (WTI) in collaboration with the Forest Department and Animal Works (AW), launched a rescue centre and Mobile Veterinary...

Patna (Bihar), April 19, 2014: Six captive-bred gharials (Gavialis gangeticus) were satellite-tagged and released in the River Gandak, bordering Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar, as part of the restocking of this critically-endangered reptile in the...

Delhi, January 7, 2014: An International Fund for Animal Welfare-Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) team rescued an adult male nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) from the heart of a busy locality in south Delhi on Friday, January...

New Delhi, April 24, 2014: Mark Shand, Founder of UK-based charity Elephant Family, and a close friend of the WTI family, passed away yesterday following an unfortunate accident at an event hosted to raise funds for wildlife conservation in New...

Wayanad, April 24, 2014: As a part of the IFAW-WTI Supplemental Accident Insurance Scheme, ex-gratia support of Rs 1,00,000 was provided to the family of Appu, a mahout with the Kerala Forest Department, who had been killed on...

On the 16th of November last year, WTI quietly celebrated 15 years of...

West Bengal, April 30, 2014: The wolves of West Bengal have been no exception to human-animal conflict and an RAP by WTI with Dr Urmilla Ganguli, with the aid of DSWF revealed a disturbing state of affairs vis a vis conflict and retaliatory...

Kaziranga, 28th January, 2014: Two sub-adult rhinos, Gopal and Hari have been shifted to Manas National Park from the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), Kaziranga...

Bhutan, February 10, 2014: The Department of Forest and Park Services (DoFPS) in partnership with IFAW-WTI and INTERPOL is holding the 2nd training workshop on 'Prevention of Wildlife Trade' for officials of various enforcement agencies of...

May 1, 2014: A man made forest fire had swept through Bandipur NP and Wayanad WLS only a few days ago. In two days (14th and 16th of March 2014) it had laid waste to 110 ha in Wayanad and 500 ha in...

Kaziranga, April 7, 2014: Supported by IFAW-WTI, the Kaziranga Premiere League (KPL) was jointly organised by The Kaziranga Foundation, Jeep Safari Association of Kaziranga and Kohora Bozar...

Manas (Bodoland, Assam), May 1, 2014: Three orphaned Asiatic black bears cubs (Ursus thibetanus) were moved into the wild in Manas National Park,...

Kokrajhar, Assam, February 13, 2014: With the aim of spreading awareness on the plight of Asian elephants and the need for their conservation, IFAW-WTI in collaboration with the Forest Dept and BTC has organised a 3-day long football...

Raipur, February 23, 2014: Recounting the rescue and release of hundreds of snakes in the capital of Chhattisgarh, by Nova Nature Welfare Society as a part of a WTI Rapid Action Project supported by philanthropist Priyamvada...