NEWS & UPDATES

Sondlagondi, Gondia, December 22, 2014: As per Rule 23(10) of Maharashtra Biological Diversity Rules 2008, the first People's Biodiversity Register (PBR) for the state of Maharashtra has been prepared under the technical guidance of WTI in Gondia...

Kaziranga National Park, December 28, 2014: For the first time in India, a mass capture of Eastern swamp deer for relocation unfolded in Kaziranga. To save them from a point of no return, 19 Eastern swamp deer were captured in Kaziranga to be...

Srirampur, February 17, 2015: IFAW–WTI's Van Rakshak Project is organising training programme for the frontline staff of the Greater Manas landscape in Assam from February 14,...

Borjuri, Kaziranga , December 28, 2014: The CWRC interpretation center will focus on key conservation issues facing KNP, besides highlighting the work done by WTI and its partners on the various conservation initiatives in...

CWRC, Kaziranga, February 24, 2015: Two hog deer were found by villagers on two consecutive days and released back to the wild in Kaziranga National Park by the IFAW- WTI...

Mehao, Arunachal Pradesh, December 25, 2014: IFAW-WTI and the Arunachal Pradesh Forest Department have captured and translocated the ninth family of stranded gibbons from Dello village to a viable habitat in Mehao...

Mukerian, February 24, 2015: In a joint operation, Punjab Police and WCCB arrested four people and seized 20 skins, tiger parts and 94.370 kg of leopard bones from them. The entire operation was assisted by IFAW-WTI...

Ahmedabad, January 2, 2015: IFAW-WTI is organising a three day workshop on “Attending to Avian Emergencies during the Kite Flying Festival" in association with Jivdaya Charitable Trust in...

Karnal, Haryana, January 04, 2014: In a first of its kind, NDRI, Karnal, successfully cloned the wild buffalo. NDRI informed that the clone of the only wild-buffalo in Udanti WLS, Chhattisgarh, in semi-captivity has been produced through the...

Gandhinagar, January 13, 2015:Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) entered into a strategic partnership with the Gujarat Government for the conservation of whale shark and coral reefs along the Gujarat coast. WTI signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with the...

Seijosha, January 19, 2015: The most awaited Pakke Paga Festival started on traditional notes at Seijosha, Arunachal Pradesh. The talking point of the festival has been the 8-feet hornbill inflatable installed by Arunachal Pradesh Forest...

CWRC, Kaziranga, January 21, 2015:In a first of its kind, a Small Clawed otter hand-raised at IFAW-WTI run CWRC in Assam was released in Baruntika Beel, a small water body, near Kaziranga...

CWRC, Kaziranga, February 21, 2015: In an effort to sensitise journalists about the conservation efforts of IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), an interactive session was organised on February...

Bhutan, March 2 , 2015: International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) - Wildlife Trust of India’s (WTI) Van Rakshak Project is organising a ‘Prevention of Wildlife Trade Training’ workshop for the staff of Forest Protection and Surveillance...

New Delhi, March 4, 2015- Global Tiger Forum (GTF), Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and its international partner International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) are jointly organising the annual ‘Indo-Russian Tiger Watch Programme’ from 1st to 11th...

Doyang, March 11, 2015: WTI in association with CAF implemented an RAP to document different species of butterflies with W Oponthung Jami around Doyang Reservoir in Nagaland. This RAP entailed creating awareness amongst locals about butterflies...

CWRC, March 11, 2015: More than 134 vultures (including 102 himalayan griffon and 12 critically endangered slender-billed and 20 white-rumped) have succumbed to poisoning this year alone and only 20 have been...

New Delhi, March 12, 2015: The Indo-Russian Tiger Watch Programme completed 10 years and this year two Inspectors from the Russian Federation visited India to participate in a field experience exercise on tiger...

Dudhwa Tiger Reserve enters a new phase by employing women in the ranks of forest department which is largely considered to be a male...

Kaziranga, March 17, 2015: Two rhinos being hand-raised at the IFAW-WTI run CWRC were released in Kaziranga today. The two sub-adult male rhinos --Sohola and Baghmari -- have been under the observation of IFAW-WTI veterinarians and animal...