NEWS & UPDATES

Kaziranga, May 16, 2015: A lone male elephant calf was rescued by the villagers and Forest Department from Sonpura Range in Arunachal Pradesh. The calf was taken to CBRC and later shifted IFAW-WTI run...

Maharajgunj, May 22, 2015: In an exercise supported by WTI, grassroots level Sarus Protection Committees counted sarus cranes in Maharajganj district of Eastern UP. Altogether, 829 sarus cranes were counted during this community based...

Dr Panjit Basumatary is elated. A rhino calf found in the backyard of a house, attacked by a tiger, recovers from his injuries and walks into the open for the first time. IFAW-WTI veterinarian, Dr Basumatary, recounts his experience of saving this...

Ram Terang, May 25, 2015: In a significant development, WTI allotted houses to 19 families of Ram Terang Village in a lottery draw. These families had voluntarily decided to relocate from the village located within the Kalapahar-Doigurung...

Sondlagondi, May 28, 2015: Villagers give gifts to brides during weddings and to see an improved cook stove, developed by WTI, being given away as gift proves how WTI’s activities in the village have become part part of this age old...

CWRC, May 23, 2015: A male western hoolock gibbon was admitted to the IFAW-WTI run CWRC on May 23. The five-year-old animal was confiscated by couple of journalists from locals and handed over to the Forest Department who brought it to...

Sivasagar, April 9, 2015: In joint operation with the Assam Forest Department, IFAW-WTI team today released five Himalayan griffons back into their habitat in Sivasagar district of Assam. These vultures were poisoned and treated at IFAW-WTI run...

Burhachapori Wildlife Sanctuary, Sonitpur District, Assam, 19 April 2015: Two wild buffaloes hand raised at the IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), were released back to the wild in Burhachapori Wildlife Sanctuary (BWLS)...

In this blog, WTI's Pow Aim Hailowng remembers the day when she volunteered to capture nilgai from IGI Airport. Pow recounts her experiences of capturing these magnificent creatures and releasing them in a safer habitat away from human...

Maharashtra, May 29, 2015: An awareness programme held last year has evolved into the concept of citizen scientist in the Nagzira- Navegaon corridor. Three children and a young man from the area have become Wildlife Watchers to document...

Plantation of saplings by students and villagers on the occasion of World Environment Day  Ram Terang, Assam, June 5, 2015: More than 300 students planted saplings in the Ram Terang village and the site where the village would soon be relocated. The families...

For the first time in Karnataka, WTI in collaboration with State Forest Department and Aircel started a Mobile Veterinary Service unit in Bandipur TR. The MVS will respond to wildlife emergencies and facilitate rescue and...

Parsa Wildlife Reserve, Nepal, June 2, 2015: In the wake of extensive damage to wildlife security posts in Nepal, IFAW, WLT and WTI provided 100 field tents to Nepal’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife...

In this blog, WTI's Pow Aim Hailowng remembers the day when she volunteered to capture nilgai from IGI Airport. Pow recounts her experiences of capturing these magnificent creatures and releasing them in a safer habitat away from human...

Karbi Anglong, June 8, 2015: A two month old female barking deer was admitted to the IFAW- WTI run CWRC on Sunday, after all attempts to find the mother failed. The fawn is under observation at the small animal nursery at...

A hanging bridge built by WTI and WLT for the people of Jade Gindam Village was inaugurated on June 3. The construction of the bridge has brought relief to the villagers who were cut off from mainland during...

Bongaigaon, May 20, 2015: As part of the IFAW-WTI Supplemental Accident Insurance Scheme, ex-gratia support of Rs 25,000 was handed over to Mr. Ananta Ray. A Forester-I employed in the Panbari Range of Manas NP, he was attacked by a wild...

Dr Jahan Ahmed writes a first-person account of moving four Asiatic black bear cubs from the IFAW-WTI’s Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation to their acclimatization...

Kaziranga, October 30, 2015: A two month old female elephant calf has been admitted to IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) on October 28,...

Kaziranga, June 15, 2015: With increasing possibility of Kaziranga National Park being inundated by the raging Brahmaputra, IFAW-WTI-run CWRC has started pre-flood awareness campaign for the safety of wildlife in the fringe villages around the...