PROJECT

The first specialised rehabilitation centre for Asiatic black bears in India, with an aim to rehabilitate displaced cubs back into the wild.

The only facility in India where orphaned and/or injured wild animals of several species are hand-raised and/or treated and subsequently returned to the wild.

A multi-pronged approach to mitigating conflict between humans and big cat species in and around Dudhwa and Pilibhit Tiger Reserves, including the promotion of community participation in conflict mitigation.

That the sarus crane is able to dance for joy in the agricultural flatlands of eastern Uttar Pradesh is thanks in no small measure to the Sarus Crane Conservation Project, run across 10 districts of the state by WTI in collaboration with Tata Trusts and with support from the UP Forest Department.

The concept of a Rapid Action Project – one of WTI’s oldest initiatives – owes its genesis to the realisation that wildlife in India is plagued by innumerable threats that require an immediate response. Be they human-induced or natural, such threats, if not addressed in time, can have a disastrous effect on the country’s natural heritage.