NEWS & UPDATES

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...

Umrangso, October 31, 2015: The town of Umrangso in Assam witnessed two days that had fun, music and dance written all over it. The town got together to celebrate the first ever two day Falcon Festival organised by Blue Hills Society and supported...

Wayanad, June 3, 2015: WTI under its Executive Director’s Discretionary Grant provided Rs 20,000 to a tiger attack victim near Wayanad WLS. The cheque was handed over to him at the hospital by the Range Forest Officer in the presence of WTI...

Wardha, October 30, 2015: Under the Working with Communities initiative, WTI in technical collaboration with Centre of Science for Villages organised a three-day training programme for six SHG members at Women’s Science Park in...

Kaziranga, June 19, 2015: The ongoing pre-flood awareness campaign in Kaziranga with support from Elephant Family and Kaziranga Forest Authority saw the youth from the corridor villages being trained on wildlife rescue by the experts from...

Gelephu, June 19, 2015: Four workshops on countering wildlife trafficking at the Indo-Bhutan border were conducted by IFAW-WTI in Bhutan last week by a joint team of experts from India and Bhutan. The workshops were conducted from June...

Wakro, November 4, 2015: IFAW-WTI rescued a family of gibbons from a discontinuous canopy cover in Wakro in Arunachal Pradesh and translocated them to a dense reserve forest contiguous to Kamlang Wildlife...

Borjuri, Kaziranga, November 10, 2015: A clinic for elephants of the northeast was inaugurated today at the upcoming Mark Shand Memorial Learning Centre by Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, Founding Patron of the UK based charity Elephant Family and its...

Two IFAW-WTI rehabilitated elephants were captured on camera accompanying a herd of wild elephants for more than 60 days. This could likely be the first-ever successful reintegration of rehabilitated calves into the wild herds in...

New Ram Terang, Karbi Anglong, 11 November 2015:   A line up of drummers and dancers in their festive best broke into their routine at the first sight of the dignitaries that converged from various parts of the world to this picturesque unknown corner in...

Manas, June 19, 2015: IFAW-WTI’s effort to repopulate Manas National Park in Assam with rhinos is paying rich dividends with one of the hand reared rhinos, Ganga, giving birth to a healthy calf. This is Ganga’s second calf in four...