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Tiger and leopard skins seized, three traders arrested in TN
Dindigul (Tamil Nadu), April 6, 2009: A tiger skin and a leopard skin were seized yesterday at Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, in a joint undercover operation by the Tamil Nadu Forest Department and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) assisted by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI). Three ‘crafty’ and experienced wildlife traders were arrested.
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Wildlife crime prevention training organised in Leh
Leh (J & K), November 13, 2008: The Department of Wildlife Protection, Government of Jammu & Kashmir, Care for the Wild, UK, and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) jointly organised a three-day wildlife crime prevention training programme for the frontline field staff of Leh and Kargil wildlife divisions in Leh, last week.
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4 sloth bears readied for Indian Kalandar market seized in Nepal
Delhi, September 17, 2008: Four sloth bears including a cub were rescued by authorities in Lahan in the southeastern Sirhaha district in Nepal, last week, acting on the information provided by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI). Three of the four bears were adults trained as dancing bears to be sold to Kalandars in India.
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WTI tip-off leads to arrest of wildlife traders
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), August 26, 2008: In a major undercover investigative operation, the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UP-STF) and UP Forest Department, on a tip-off from the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), arrested two experienced wildlife traders in Meerut yesterday.
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Quickest wildlife trial in India; Three years imprisonment for insect thief Kucera
Darjeeling (West Bengal), September 10, 2008: In India’s fastest legal trial for a wildlife case, Emil Kucera, one of the Czech nationals convicted for illegally collecting rare insect species from Singhalila National Park, was sentenced to three years imprisonment by the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of Darjeeling, today.
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Wildlife conservation through the web
New Delhi, January 30, 2008: To spread awareness on wildlife law and to reinforce the fight against wildlife crime, the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) today officially launched a website, www.wildlifelaw.in containing information on the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and a compilation of judgments in prominent wildlife cases of the country.
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The end of an era
Srinagar, December 4, 2007: One of the routes to the decimation of wild species has been shut down: The fur trade of Srinagar in Kashmir valley. The process began some years back in 1997. The time had come, late no doubt, that a licensed trade in garments made from skins and furs of wild species had to come to end.
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Notorious wildlife trader convicted
New Delhi, November 24, 2006: A trial court in the Eastern Indian state of West Bengal today sentenced notorious wildlife trader Ratiram Sharma to 5 years imprisonment and a fine of Rupees 10,000.
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Huge seizure of mongoose hair brushes in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, June 27, 2006: In one of the biggest seizures of mongoose hair brushes this year, the Andhra Pradesh Forest Department on June 24 has seized more than 18000 paint brushes from several premises allegedly used by the dealers in the Hyderabad city.
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Five years RI for Sansar Chand
Ajmer, January 3, 2006: For the first time Sansar Chand, the infamous wildlife trader has begun serving a sentence of five years rigorous imprisonment as a convict in Ajmer Central Jail on the pending sentence, which was ordered way back in April 2004 by Ravi Sharma, Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ajmer.
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Notorious trader Tashi Tsering arrested in Nepal
Boudha (Nepal), December 13, 2005: After years of chase by the Interpol, and police in India and Nepal, the notorious wildlife trader Tashi Tsering alias Tsewang was finally arrested on 11th December by the Boudha Police in Nepal.
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CBI cracks down on Shahtoosh traders
New Delhi, November 23, 2005: Yet another meticulously planned sting-operation conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and assisted by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the Japan Wildlife Conservation Society (JWCS), led to the recovery of 13 shahtoosh shawls from two different traders in south Delhi.
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Supreme Court orders immediate ban on shahtoosh weaving
New Delhi, November 22, 2005: In the Shahtoosh case, Ashok Kumar vs. State of J & K and others, the Supreme Court today held that the production of Shahtoosh shawls and the continuance of the trade in the state should be banned with immediate effect.
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Allahabad High Court verdict to save sarus cranes
New Delhi, March 20, 2002: The Allahabad High Court on March 19, 2002 stopped the draining of five wetlands crucial for the survival of the world’s largest concentration of the endangered Sarus cranes. These five wetlands in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which are home to over 33 per cent of the global Sarus crane population, were being drained under a World Bank funded wasteland reclamation project. There are only about 9,000 Sarus cranes left in the world.
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WTI helps Indian Customs and DRI officials seize 230 kg raw shahtoosh wool
New Delhi, September 26, 2002: In what is one of the biggest seizures of raw shahtoosh wool in India, over 230 kgs of the wool from the highly endangered Tibetan antelope have been caught in two separate cases.On September 26, 100 kgs of shahtoosh in three bales were caught at New Delhi Railway Station. It had been sent from Jaigaon on the Indo-Nepal border in Bihar.
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SC issues notice to Centre, Bihar Government over non-payment of salaries in Valmiki Tiger Reserve
Delhi, January 7, 2002: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to both the Union government and the Bihar government asking them to explain why the staff of Valmiki Tiger Reserve have not be paid their salaries on time, leading to the staff walking out of the park in October and threatening the security of the tigers in the reserve. Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) Trustee and member of the Project Tiger Steering committee, Mr. Ashok Kumar had filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court, seeking its intervention in the matter of security to the Valmiki Tiger Reserve in West Champaran district of Bihar.
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