NEWS & UPDATES

Diphu, August 22, 2015: Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council formally handed over a newly constructed MVS Field Station to WTI at a function in Diphu, district headquarters of Karbi Anglong,...

Valmiki Tiger Reserve, August 12, 2015: Under IFAW-WTI's Supplementary Accident Insurance Scheme, Meena Devi, wife of Late Sunil Mahto, was handed over a cheque of Rs 1 lakh as an ex-gratia...

Kaziranga, August 28, 2015: A male juvenile spotted pond turtle that was handed over to CWRC, the IFAW-WTI wildlife care facility, has been released back to the place of...

Four common palm civets being hand raised at IFAW-WTI run CWRC are ready for the in-situ acclimatisation. At present, the civets are housed in an outdoor enclosure and are being fed milk, fruits and an occasional...

Chamuagati Gaon, August 28, 2015: More than 400 people participated in a peace rally called by IFAW-WTI team at Chamuagati Gaon near Manas National Park in Assam to generate awareness on the need to protect wildlife in and around the...

Kaziranga, August 28, 2015: Commemorating the 13th Foundation Day of CWRC, IFAW-WTI wildlife care facility supported by Assam Forest Department, the first batch employees were felicitated by senior journalists during a programme organised by the...

Participants learning rope rescues  Similipal Biosphere Reserve, September 1, 2015: Wildlife Trust of India’s (WTI) Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) in Similipal Biosphere Reserve, Odisha, organised a training programme for the frontline forest staff from...

Manas National Park, September 5, 2015: IFAW-WTI's Emergency Relief Network team conducted two health camps for livestock in villages around Manas National Park and Manas Reserve Forest during the floods that have inundated large parts of...

Kaziranga, September 7, 2015: Two units of Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) run by CWRC -- an IFAW-WTI wildlife care facility -- have attended to 11 cases of displaced wild animals during the ongoing flood crisis in Kaziranga National...

Barnawapara, September 2, 2015: 87 forest staff from Chhattisgarh Forest Department were trained under WTI's Van Rakshak Project. The training was jointly organised by WTI and state Forest Department in two batches from Sep 2-4 & Sep...

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...