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Johannesburg, South Africa, September 29, 2016: A vote yesterday at CITES decided that the most illegally traded mammal in the world urgently needs protection. All eight pangolin species are being transferred from Appendix II to Appendix...

CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, October 3, 2016: A rescued softshell turtle, treated at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC; the wildlife rescue, care and rehabilitation facility run by IFAW-WTI and the Assam Forest Department) for...

Kahibari, Manas National Park, October 4, 2016: With a view to encouraging ecologically appropriate livelihoods that reduce the dependence of local communities on wild habitats, IFAW-WTI, in association with the Bodoland Territorial Council and the Assam...

A male rhino calf, about three months old, was rescued on July 26 by frontline staff of the Assam Forest Department and a Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) team from IFAW-WTI’s Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation...

October 12, 2016: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) teamed up with state forest departments and local administrations to organise special events for schoolchildren during Wildlife Week (October 2 to 8) in some of its projects. Mainpur, Chhattisgarh: At the...

As part of the process of preparing the Odisha State Comprehensive Wildlife Management Plan (OSCOW-MAP), an inter-sectoral meeting was held on August 20 between the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and relevant departments of the Odisha...

The calf and its mother seen together in the distance after they were successfully reunited Dejoo Tea Estate, Assam, August 22, 2016: Working with the North Bank unit of IFAW-WTI’s Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS), frontline staff of the Assam Forest...

It was one of the happiest moments of my life: the sight of a tiny serpent head peeping out from a cracked eggshell in the makeshift incubation crate we had created for its giant mother and all her...

New Delhi, August 23, 2016: A memorial service was held last evening to celebrate the life of Ashok Kumar, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Wildlife Trust of India, who had passed away on August 18 at the age of...

Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh, August 24, 2016: The villagers and Sarus Protection Committee (SPC) members of Bali village, Uttarauli Panchayat recently set an example in community bird protection by capturing two poachers from their own village and handing them...

Golaghat, Assam, October 17, 2016: A male Asian elephant calf that had been separated from its mother and natal herd was reunited with them by an MVS unit of...

Film screenings, safaris and selfies with tiger mascots: International Tiger Day celebrations were organised at various WTI projects from Maharasthra to Karnatak to the national...

CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, August 25, 2016: The Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam Mr Sarbananda Sonowal visited the IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) earlier...

The migrant lifestyle may have its air of romance, but for tigers in India that move between Protected Areas – as they must, to establish their own territories, to escape natural disasters or find better prey – it is fraught with...

Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala, October 17, 2016: An undercover operation conducted by officials of the Kerala Forest Department near Kumili Forest Checkpost, Periyar Tiger Reserve, on October 7 resulted in the seizure of 14 jackal...

Ronga Reserve Forest, Assam, August 26, 2016: A wild ‘makhna’ (tusk-less male) elephant chemically restrained and treated for an inflammation of its right foreleg by one of our MVS teams last...

Amguri Village, Nagaon District, Assam, October 20, 2016: A wild tusker was treated for suspected food poisoning – either from primary or secondary sources – by a Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) unit of...

CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, August 1, 2016: Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) units of the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) – the wildlife rescue, care and rehabilitation facility jointly run by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI),...

September 2, 2016: Field teams from IFAW-WTI’s Emergency Relief Network (ERN) have been working in flood-affected districts of Bihar and Assam to provide veterinary care to distressed animals, particularly...

Kunhimangalam, Kerala, August 02, 2016: To mark the UNESCO-mandated International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem on July 26, a Mangrove Interpretation Centre (MIC) was inaugurated at the site of the Kannur Kandal Project (Mangrove...