NEWS & UPDATES

Kaziranga NP, November 23, 2012: With an aim to study the movement pattern of Eastern swamp deer, Assam Forest Department in collaboration with Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation radio collared a female...

Srinagar, November 22, 2012: International and national experts met today in Srinagar to brain storm and produce a protocol for dealing with human-bear...

Nagpur, November 13, 2012: In a boost to the conservation of the wild buffalo, officials from the forest departments of four states met with experts from the IUCN’s Asia Wild Cattle Specialist Group, Satpuda Foundation, NDRI, CCMB, Edinburgh Zoo...

The rhino at the zoo Kaziranga National Park (Assam), October 29, 2012: Many wild animals end up getting displaced, stranded or injured due to man-made reasons or natural causes, rendering their chances of returning to their natural territory very slim. For...

Noida, October 25, 2012: A 2.5 feet long monitor lizard was rescued from a drainage tank at a metro station compound by IFAW-WTI (International Fund for Animal Welfare - Wildlife Trust of India) veterinarians, responding to a distress...

Guwahati, October 22, 2012: Expressing serious concerns over the spate of brutal rhino killing in Assam, the International Fund for Animal Welfare - Wildlife Trust of India have pledged their support to authorities to help prevent further...

Mysore, October 22, 2012: The Karnataka Forest Department and Karnataka Forest Criminal Investigation Department, with the assistance of WTI, seized a tiger skin and bone from the BRT range (Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife...

Asian elephants Hyderabad, October 17, 2012: The Project Elephant in collaboration with the International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) today organised an event to showcase the significance of wildlife corridors to halt...

Guwahati, October 16, 2012: A four-day Animal Action Education awareness programme for school children was held at the Regional Science Centre – Guwahati on October...

Hyderabad, October 12, 2012: Advocating welfare of individual animals as a necessity for conservation, the International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) stressed on the need for empathy for all life...

Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh), October 8, 2012: Delegates from 193 member countries began discussions on biodiversity conservation in Hyderabad today with the launch of the eleventh Conference of Parties of the Convention for Biological...

New Delhi, October 6, 2012: Thousands of schools across the country, including 200 in Guwahati, will be participating in the world’s biggest animal - centric educational programme – the International Fund for Animal Welfare Animal Action...

Kaziranga National Park (Assam), September 24, 2012: Wildlife rescue team of the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) are on high alert anticipating a second wave of flood in Kaziranga National Park after incessant...

Kokilabari (Greater Manas, Bodoland), September 18, 2012: Three people undergoing treatment for injuries incurred during a human-elephant conflict case in the fringes of Manas National Park were provided monetary support by the...

Silonijan (Karbi Anglong), September 13, 2012: One-fifth of the population of Asian elephants in India lives in Assam.The Kaziranga - Karbi Anglong Elephant Reserve in Central Assam is one of the state’s five elephant...

Manas (Assam), September 11, 2012: This August, a devastating flood made way for devastating bloodshed as ethnic communal riots broke out across...

Nagzira-Nawegaon (Maharashtra), September 10, 2012: India is home to 60% of the global tiger population with just 25% of the global tiger habitat. The Central Indian Tiger Landscape covers 35% of the forest areas of the states of Maharashtra,...

Sutrapada (Gujarat), August 31, 2012: Taking Whale Shark conservation in the state of Gujarat to the next level, a “self documentation scheme” was launched last week to ensure minimum stress to whale sharks by speeding up rescue...

Kaziranga (Assam), August 31, 2012: A female tiger cub, hand-raised at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) in Assam, is being moved to Nandan Zoo in Raipur, Chattisgarh...

Chennai, August 30, 2012: After seven months of intensive rehabilitation, 192 star tortoises were released back to the wild in four locations in the Satyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary, earlier this...