NEWS & UPDATES

Delhi, September 18, 2014: Exhorting educators to become stakeholders in conservation of India’s natural heritage, IFAW-WTI and the Environment Department, Government of Delhi, began a series of workshops for school teachers in the capital,...

Kanpur, September 18 2014: The fifth session of Wildlife Trust of India's Van Rakshak Project's wildlife conservation and management training will take place in the Forestry Training Institute in Kanpur from September 18-28,...

Kaziranga, August 21, 2014: The IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) tended to its first case of an injured Bengal florican recently, after the bird had been picked up by locals and taken for...

Nagzira-Nawegaon (Maharashtra), August 22, 2014: The International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) recently initiated the wildlife crime prevention training for frontline staff of the Nagzira-Nawegaon Tiger...

Meghalya, August 24, 2014: WTI with support of the people and Nokma’s of Siju, Rewak and Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) have notified the elephant corridor area of Siju-Rewak elephant corridor into Village Reserve Forest...

Naurangia, Sept 28, 2014: For the first time in their lives, 26 Tharu tribal women living in remote villages in the sylvan settings of Doan Valley in north Bihar learnt about the potential of earning a decent livelihood using their traditional...

Rowmari, Assam, 29 September 2014: The IFAW-WTI initiatives to provide green livelihoods to communities under the Greater Manas Conservation Project went a step further with a three week long training workshop in weaving...

Kaziranga, October 3, 2014: The tempo of rescuing elephant calves seems unabated with the arrival of yet another male calf at the IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation...

Assam, September 22, 2014: This World Rhino Day we take you behind the scenes on the rhino rescue and rehabilitation programme being run by IFAW-WTI in Assam, with five rhinos already rehabilitated and three ready to return to the wild next...

Dudhwa, Sept 22, 2014: As a part of a healthcare drive for wild and domestic animals, WTI’s project team in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in collaboration with Uttar Pradesh Forest Department and Aircel conducted a livestock health...

Kerala, Sept 23, 2014: As part of Wildlife Trust of India’s Rapid Action Project (RAP), supported by European Tierschutzstiftung (ETS), two power fences have been erected in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, as well as the Aralam Wildlife...

NBR, Sept 30, 2014: To enable a conflict-free existence between humans and gaurs (Bos gaurus) in the region, the Keystone Foundation with assistance from WTI has started a Rapid Action Project supported by CAF India in areas in and around...

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...