NEWS & UPDATES

Trivandrum, Oct 9, 2014: Boosting welfare efforts of captive elephants, the city today saw the launch of renowned elephant trainer Dr Andrew McLean’s book ‘Hasthisiksha - a manual on humane training of elephants calves destined for permanent...

Kaziranga, September 23, 2014: The rescue of the female elephant calf from Uma Tamuni island in the Brahmaputra saw her entry last week to the IFAW-WTI run CWRC where she is currently under the process of...

Thimpu (Bhutan), October 8, 2014: The International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) starts its refresher training today for select forest rangers in Bhutan, under its ongoing trans-boundary conservation...

Bhutan, October 9, 2014: In Bhutan, as a trainer in the IFAW-WTI Wildlife Crime Prevention Training, Jose Louies writes about the training so far, as well as about the country, its rangers and the organised wildlife crime they fight...

NOIDA, October 13, 2014: While officially Wildlife Week happens from October 2-7 every year, we at Wildlife Trust of India cannot get enough of celebrating our natural...

Vishakhapatnam, October 23, 2014: While the country celebrates its biggest festival Diwali, a dedicated team of staff and ERN members from IFAW-WTI are toiling away restoring badly damaged enclosures at the zoo in...

Manas, October 27, 2014: Following the refresher workshop in Kerala on alternate humane techniques on training captive elephants, a similar four-day refresher workshop was organised by WTI with Dr Andrew Mclean, in Manas National Park,...

New Delhi, November 3, 2014: In a major boost to combating wildlife crimes, for the first time in India, WTI with support of WCCB has developed an Android based smartphone application wherein users can report wildlife crimes from across...

Borjuri, November 5, 2014: Following a spate of recent rescues that resulted in orphaned elephant calves being brought to the IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), a juvenile elephant rescued from a trench was...

Kaziranga, September 24, 2014: Torrential rains heralding the week also brought in yet another elephant calf to the IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), bringing up the total number of calves under care to...

Bangalore, September 26, 2014: The fifth edition of the Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS) began in Bangalore yesterday, supported by a group of institutions and organisations including Wildlife Trust of India (WTI). Being held at the Indian...

Borjuri, Kaziranga, November 2, 2014: Dr Rathin Burman recounts the experience of IFAW-WTI team rescuing a juvenile elephant stuck in a trench near Kaziranga National Park, Assam. All in a day's work on a Sunday...

Bansbari, November 6, 2014: In yet another successful IFAW-WTI reintroduction programme, three hand-raised rhinos were released from their temporary enclosure in Manas National Park on 29th of October. Two of them were radio-collared before...

Wokha District, Nagaland, November 8, 2014: The Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang today asked State Forest Department, Tourism Department and WTI to make a comprehensive conservation action plan to save the Amur falcons and to declare the area as...

Dima Hasao District, Assam, November 9.2014: After the successful campaign on the conservation of Amur falcons in Wokha, Nagaland, WTI in partnership with Blue Hills Society has initiated a Rapid Action Project (RAP) to protect Amur falcons near...

Sonepur, Bihar, November 18, 2014: WTI exposes the trade of wild animals and birds at Sonepur Mela in Bihar. The writer narrates his experiences of intimidation, cruelty and futility. While the forest department looks away, we dig deep to expose...

New Delhi, January 19, 2015: India for the first time is hosting the Minding Animals Conference where nearly 200 speakers from nearly 30 countries would come under one roof and share their insights on different facets of animal studies and...

Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar, January 21, 2015: As part of the restocking programme, 12 critically endangered gharials (Gavialis gangeticus), comprising of one male and 11 females, were released in the Gandak River, Valmiki Tiger Reserve in...

CWRC, Kaziranga, November 24, 2014: A male rhino calf injured by a tiger was treated this morning by the IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation ( CWRC) MVS team. The calf approximately three months old was found today in...

CWRC, January 29, 2015: The six elephant calves being hand-raised at CWRC got a new friend on January 29 after a female calf rescued from Ultapani Range in Manas was brought to IFAW-WTI run CWRC for...