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IFAW-WTI ERN Members respond to bird emergencies during the Makar Sankranti Kite Flying festival at Jaipur
Makar Sankranti is one of the festivals that is celebrated all over India on the same day each year, 14 January, mainly because this is the only festival that follows the solar calendar instead of the lunar calendar.
Gaj Yatra begins in Tamil Nadu
Asian elephants live in a region of the world with the densest human population. In India, with 1.3 billion people jostling for space, the elephants are one of the first species to suffer due to their size, needs and nomadic nature.
Green Corridor Champions reach Tea Estates in Northern West Bengal
The east-west ecological range of the Terai elephant population in Northern West Bengal extends from the Teesta chaur (Baikunthapur Division) through Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary (MWLS) under Wildlife Division-I and southern forests of Kurseong Division, up to Bahundangi Village Development Council, Jhapa district, Nepal, on the western border.
WTI gears up for Gaj Yatra in Tamil Nadu
Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) is delighted to announce the launch of Gaj Yatra in Tamil Nadu, in association with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).
4 th edition of Action Tiger launched
Wildlife Trust of India and International Fund for Animal Welfare proudly released one of the magnificent publications, the “Action Tiger” which is a compilation of the National Tiger Action Plans (NTAPs) of 13 Tiger Range Countries (TRCs).
WTI and UP State Forest Department successfully train Mahouts in Dudhwa
For over 3000 years of shared history, elephants have been captured by humans and used as beasts of burden, and sometimes even as tools of war, as evident from the feat achieved by Hannibal Barca where he marched 38 elephants across the Alps into Italy during the second Punic war (~220 BC). These elephants were speculated to have been Asian elephants.
Unveiling the massive mascot of wild buffalo in Chhattisgarh
Naya Raipur (Atal Nagar), in Chhattisgarh gets a new landmark with a life-size bronze sculpture of a wild buffalo mascot for the state. The statue has been placed around green landscaping as the center of a square, to be called the Shyamu-Radhe Chowk henceforth.
Mitigating Human-Himalayan Brown Bear Conflict- communities play a role
Around the world, the communities are on the front line of conservation. Using their traditional knowledge of nature, they are the stewards of biodiversity.