NEWS & UPDATES

In his blog, IFAW-WTI's Project Lead, Panjit Basumatary, recalls his experience of nurturing a rhino calf that was rescued from Kaziranga National Park in Assam. He shares how his daughter has found a new friend in the rhino...

Dudhwa National Park, April 7, 2015: Two hog deer were rescued, treated and released by the Wildlife Trust of India team in Dudhwa National Park. The team had a veterinarian and animal keeper that treated these...

Kohima, April 6, 2015: WTI team had a meeting with TR Zeliang, Chief Minister of Nagaland, at Kohima wherein the latter asked WTI to come up with a comprehensive plan for Amur falcons and elephants in the...

Dadri, April 27, 2015: The officials of NTPC power plant in Dadri, UP, contacted the WTI team through the local Forest Department and informed them about a leopard in their power plant premises. The WTI team inspected the area and placed camera...

Sutrapada, May 25, 2015: On May 9, 2015, a 20-feet female whale shark was successfully satellite-tagged off the Sutrapada coast. This is the fourth whale shark that has been tagged by the WTI team to understand the movement of this gentle...

Nagzira-Navegaon, June 20, 2015: Data analysis of the information collected by four young watchers from three villages was analysed by WTI team revealed presence of 15 different species of wild animals in Nagzira Navegaon corridor in...

Bengaluru, June 24, 2015: The fourth consultative workshop on elephant corridors was conducted in Bengaluru, Karnataka on June 24, 2015. This workshop was jointly organised by WTI, Project Elephant, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate...

Bandipur, September 18, 2015: WTI's MVS Bandipur rescued and treated a rare rusty spotted cat which is now old enough to be shifted to her new enclosure outdoors where she will learn to survive in a sheltered environment, until she is old and fit...

Palakkad, May 26, 2015: The third consultative workshop on elephant corridors of Kerala was conducted in Palakkad, Kerala, on May 26, 2015. This workshop was jointly organised by WTI, Project Elephant, MoEF&CC and Kerala Forest...

Kaziranga, June 5, 2015: On World Environment Day, IFAW-WTI team was invited to showcase its various activities and to deliver a technical session on the theme of this year -- ‘Seven Billion Dreams, One Planet. Consume with...

Pakke, June 28, 2015: IFAW–WTI run Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation is gearing up to take six bears under its nursery care for acclimatization in the forest for...

CWRC, Kaziranga, September 22, 2015: Three open billed stork fledglings from Nagaon Forest Division were admitted to the IFAW- WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation...

Wayanad, August 10, 2015 : In a landmark achievement, a crucial elephant corridor secured by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) in Wayanad, Kerala, got legal protection as part of Wayanad Protected Area in a gazette notification issued by the Kerala...

Kokrajhar, 23 September 2015: Thirty- seven school teachers from the fringe villages of Greater Manas attended the Animal Action Education AAE workshop conducted by IFAW and WTI at Central Institute of Technology in Kokrajhar,...

Gondia, September 21, 2015: As part of Central India Tiger Habitat Securement Project, WTI during the Ganesh Chaturthi in Gondia organised various awareness programmes in schools and villages of the Nagzira Nawegaon...

Gondia, September 20, 2015: WTI under its Central India Tiger Habitat Securement Project is providing Improved Cook Stoves (ICSs) to villages falling within the Nagzira Nawegaon corridor to reduce their dependence on for consumption of fire...

Sondlagondi, September 21: A team of 20 members comprising officials of Gujarat State Biodiversity Board and Biodiversity Management Committee from various districts of Gujarat visited Gondia during their seven days study tour to...

CWRC, September 27, 2015: The Assam Forest Department rescued a week old female elephant calf from Charduar forest range under Sonitpur West Division. The calf was later admitted to the IFAW-WTI run...

Kaziranga, September 28, 2015: Two open billed stork fledgling were released by the CWRC MVS team at Rangalu Forest beat area of Kaziranga National Park on September 28,...

Palai Kalan, Lakhimpur Kheri, September 23, 2015: Wildlife Trust of India in partnership with Aircel Pvt. Ltd. organised a media workshop on ‘Media for Wildlife Conservation’ at Palia Kalan, near Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh, on September...