NEWS & UPDATES

Thiruvananthapuram, October 15, 2015: In yet another major breakthrough for the Kerala Forest Department, three seasoned elephant poachers from Tamil Nadu and a middle man was arrested from the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border on October 15,...

CWRC, Assam, 18 October 2015: Two male elephant calves, both under three months old were admitted to the IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) within 72 hours of each other.  A two and half month old male elephant calf was...

In his blog, Vivek Menon asks, when was the last time one truly travelled wild and chose the untrammelled dirt tracks of a wilderness with a feeling of indescribable lightness in the...

Dudhwa National Park, 19 October 2015: Under continued efforts to sensitize local school children towards wildlife conservation, the Wildlife Trust of India’s (WTI) Uttar Pradesh Big Cat Conflict Mitigation Project organised a wall painting competition...

Pench TR, October 16, 2015: The second Central India legal assistance review meeting was held in Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, on October 16, 2015. The joint meeting of the Forest Department and WTI was conducted withan aim to strengthen...

Valmikinagar, October 27, 2015: The mammal’s checklist of Valmiki Tiger Reserve – the only tiger reserve and national park in Bihar -- has a new addition. The Himalayan brown goral was for the first time sighted and photographed in...

Kokrajhar, December 2, 2015: A three day-long Wildlife Crime Prevention Training for the front line staff of Haltugaon and Chirang forest division in Manas Tiger Reserve was organised by IFAW-WTI with support from...

Mangrol, December 11, 2015: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) in partnership with Gujarat Forest Department and Tata Chemicals celebrated the Gujarat Whale Shark Day with much gusto in the coastal town of Mangrol in Gujarat on December 11,...

Shergaon, December 16, 2015: In a first of its kind sensitization programme on Asiatic black bears, 14 youth from Shergaon - a small but important area in Arunachal Pradesh – were taken on an exposure visit to IFAW-WTI run CBRC in Pakke Tiger...

IFAW-WTI organised the ‘Capacity Building Workshop on Cites Appendix II listing of Sharks and Manta Ray Species’ in Kochi from December 15 to 16, 2015. It was organised in collaboration with MoEF&CC, Kerala Govt, Manta Trust and Pew Charitable...

Ashok Kumar receiving Sanctuary’s Legend Award Mumbai, 18th December 2015 – Ashok Kumar, Founder & Chairman Emeritus, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) was honoured with the Sanctuary Legend Award at the prestigious Earth Heroes event held at NCPA...

Kaziranga, December 16, 2015: Two hog deer were rescued by IFAW-WTI run CWRC MVS team from two different locations in Assam on December 16,...

Pakke, December 11, 2015: An injured immature lesser adjutant stork was rescued and brought to IFAW- WTI run CBRC in Arunachal Pradesh, from North Lakhimpur,...

Kaziranga, December 17, 2015 : Two Himalayan griffon vultures are presently under care at the IFAW–WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation...

Pasighat, December 24, 2015: A RAP was sanctioned to Adi Baane Kebang in October 2015 after which they started to mobilise support for conducting awareness drives to stop hunting in 60 Adi villages of Arunachal...

Lakhimpur-Kheri, December 19, 2015: A poacher named Ram Kumar alias Likkha was awarded four years and six months imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50, 500 for attempting to poach a tiger in Dudhwa National...

Elephant calves following the animal keeper during their excursions into the forest CWRC, Kaziranga: A long process of rehabilitation for rescued, displaced, orphaned elephant calves is underway at the IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and...

Tinsukia, December 11, 2015: In a first, an adult steppe eagle was treated by the IFAW-WTI veterinarian at CWRC’s Eastern Assam Mobile Veterinary Service satellite field station at Guijan in Tinsukia,...

Kaziranga, December 28, 2015: A pair of ruddy shelducks under treatment at the IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) was released in Kaziranga National Park on December 28,...

Kaziranga, December 28, 2015: Two Himalayan griffon vultures being treated at IFAW-WTI run CWRC were released in the wilderness of Kaziranga National Park by the MVS...