NEWS & UPDATES

July 29, 2016: New Delhi: Undeterred By the Humidity and clonds threatening rain, Over a thousand schoolchildren from twenty school across the national capital converged to...

Garo Hills, Meghalaya, July 04, 2016: A free, one-day Medical Health Camp for residents of five villages in the Garo Hills was conducted at the Chandigre village community hall on June 25. Dr ST Sangma of the Asanang Primary Health Centre examines a young...

It is difficult to predict what will happen with a sedated animal running free. It could lie low till the effect of the sedatives has passed and then make a dash for...

Delhi, October 11, 2015: A covert operation conducted by Kerala Forest Department, WCCB and Delhi Police led to the seizure of 487 kg of ivory in Delhi. The much needed technical and field support to the investigating teams was provided by...

A male clouded leopard cub aged between three to six months was admitted at International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) - Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) run Wildlife Transit Home in Charaikhola, Kokrajhar on 13th August,...

Kaziranga, July 16, 2015: A week old female elephant calf was admitted at the CWRC, the IFAW-WTI wildlife care centre, on July 16, 2015.The calf was found alone by the forest staff at the Orangajuli Tea Garden under Nanoi Forest Range in...

Bandipur, July 9, 2015: WTI’s MVS team at Bandipur TR successfully tranquilised a tiger at HD Kote taluk of Mysuru district. The tiger was frequently seen near human habitation for the last one week and reportedly feeding on...

Hotaoara, May 6, 2015: The forest staff of Manas Tiger Project seized a six feet-long clouded leopard skin on May 6, 2015, at about 12:30 am at Hotapara near B.H. College, Barpeta District,...

Udanti, March 13, 2015: Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve’s only surviving female wild buffalo gave birth to a female calf after a string of male calves giving hope to conservationists who have dedicated their lives protecting Chhattisgarh’s state...

Jaipur, February 24, 2015: A mock funeral procession of a large model of a bird carcass on the streets of Jaipur is not what the residents of the city are used...

Delhi, February 17, 2015: Dr Piyush Shastri talks about his experience in handling avian emergencies during the Makar Sankranti festival and how the recent ERN workshop laid a roadmap for future in handling avian emergencies across the...

Last month our Mithapur Coral Reef Recovery Project's Field Officer S Goutham explored the depths beyond the reef’s edge (about 1.5 km from the shore!). He pens down his breath-taking underwater...

In his blog Jose Louies takes us through a historic day that saw religious boundaries being blurred to stop #BloodIvory trade. On Jan 26, Sri Lanka crushed and burnt 359 tusks in a religious ceremony in Colombo and prayed for souls of dead...

Kaziranga, 22 October, 2014: Sunday night saw yet another arrival of a female elephant calf at the IFAW- WTI run CWRC. The calf was rescued by the Assam FD from villagers who had kept the calf in their custody and were worshipping it as a...

Wokha, October 21, 2014: Upon the arrival of the Amur falcons, the villagers of Ashaa, Pangti and Sungro once again reaffirmed their last year’s commitment and dedication to protect the falcons with the support of WTI and Nagaland Forest...

Wayanad, October 13, 2014: IFAW-WTI has handed over an ex-gratia of 25000 INR to injured Section Forest Officer V R Shaji of the Tholpety Range of Wayanad WLS as part of their Accidental Insurance Scheme of the Van Rakshak Project...

Bandipur, Sept 19 2014: The Karnataka State Forest Department along with the Karnataka Police Department, with assistance from WTI and Voice for Wildlife, seized 2.5 kg of Asian elephant ivory and 50 kg of antlers and horns, last...

Kaziranga, September 1, 2014: Four Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) units o IFAW-WTI along with the State Forest Department, NGOs and the local community, have rescued 33 wild animals wh who had moved out during the recent flood wave in...

Kaziranga, August 17 2014: On constant vigil with the ongoing floods in Kaziranga National Park, the IFAW-WTI run CWRC is all set with a team of veterinarians, animal keepers, biologists and other conservationists to safeguard the affected...

Manas, August 16, 2014: Dr Bhaskar Choudhury, Regional Head (Assam) of WTI wrote this blog as he was monitoring the rehabilitated rhinos, now proud mothers in the wild, and fondly remembering being there when they first came in as orphan...