CBD CoP : IFAW WTI advocates empathy for animals to achieve the convention’s targets
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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 forms.
CBD CoP 11 begins – 193 countries in India’s cyber city to discuss biodiversity conservation
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 Diversity.
Animal Action Education for students during Wildlife Week
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 Education.
Water level rising again in Kaziranga, wildlife rescue teams on high alert
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 rains.
Support provided to people injured in conflict with elephant
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 IFAW.
Securing the Kalapahar Daigurung elephant corridor
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 reserves.
Against All Odds: Conservation during crisis
Manas (Assam), September 11, 2012: This August, a devastating flood made way for devastating bloodshed as ethnic communal riots broke out across Assam.
Protecting tigers in Central India
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, Madhy
Whale Shark Conservation Project kicks off self documentation scheme
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 operations.
Hand raised tiger travels from Assam to Chhattisgarh
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 today.
Star tortoises back where they belong
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 week.
CWRC turns 10 : 1600 animals including rare tigers , rhinos , elephants rescued
Guwahati, Assam, August 27, 2012: Elephant calf injured in conflict with people, a rhino orphaned by poachers, a full-grown tiger in a well or a leopard in a house! These are four of 1600 animals and 166 species saved by the CWRC!