In Memoriam: Ashok Kumar, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, WTI
New Delhi, August 18, 2016: Ashok Kumar, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Wildlife Trust of India passed away today. He was...
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Refresher Training in Wildlife Crime Prevention Conducted for Frontline Staff of Indravati TR, Barnawapara WLS
As part of the continuing efforts under its Van Rakshak Project, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), in partnership with the Chhattisgarh Forest Department, conducted refresher training programmes for frontline staff of Indravati TR, Barnapura...
Manas National Park Officially Becomes ‘Greater Manas’ with Issuance of Historic Gazette Notification
With the signing and formal issuance of a Final Gazette Notification by the Government of Assam, an area of 350 sq km from the eastern part of the Manas Reserve Forest has now been officially declared as the First Addition to Manas National...
Ongoing RAP in Odisha Uses Street Plays, Mock Drills as Human-Bear Conflict Mitigation Tools
Nilagiri District, Odisha, September 26, 2016: In a bid to engage with local communities affected by human-bear conflict in the Nilagiri district of Odisha, WTI organised street plays, mock drills, and a media workshop over the past two...
CITES Update: Jubilation as CITES Votes to Stop Discussions Aimed at Promoting a Framework for Ivory Trade
Johannesburg, South Africa, September 27, 2016: Conservationists were jubilant this evening as CITES voted once and for all to abandon the controversial Decision Making Mechanisim (DMM) for a process to trade in...
Male Elephant Calf, Orphaned after Traumatic Event at Construction Site, Rescued and Brought to CWRC
CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, November 25, 2016: A male elephant calf, about three to four months old, was rescued by an IFAW-WTI Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) team after it and its mother had fallen into a newly dug construction ditch at the...
Information Boards Installed Near Dudhwa to Educate Visitors and Prevent Conflict with Marsh Crocodiles, Gangetic Soft-shelled Turtles
Dudhwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh, November 18, 2016: In a bid to educate and sensitise tourists to avoid interacting with and disturbing reptiles in a rivulet outside Dudhwa National Park, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), as part of a Rapid Action Project...
WTI-WLT Conducts Free Medical Health Camp at Mesimagre, Garo Hills
Garo Hills, Meghalaya, October 13, 2016: A free, one-day Medical Health Camp for residents of four villages in the Garo Hills was conducted at the community hall of Mesimagre village on October...
WTI, Odisha Forest Department Commence Advanced Training Workshop in Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation at Similipal Tiger Reserve
Similipal Tiger Reserve September 23, 2016: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), working in partnership with the Forests & Environment Department, Government of Odisha, this morning commenced a three-day intensive training workshop at Similipal...
The Man-eater of Mailani
Late last month a WTI team successfully tranquilised and captured a male tiger, a designated man-eater who would otherwise have been put down. A first-person account of that entire operation by one of our intrepid men on the ground, Achintya...
WTI and ONGC Provide Eco-friendly Dustbins to Sultanpur National Park
Sultanpur National Park, August 1, 2016: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has partnered with the Oil And Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to provide 10 eco-friendly dustbins...
MVS Bandipur Assists Karnataka Forest Department in Release of Maddur Conflict Leopard
Moolehole Range, Bandipur Tiger Reserve, September 16, 2016: At around 8.00am yesterday, Wildlife Trust of India’s Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) unit at Bandipur Tiger Reserve received a call from Mr Abhilash, Range Forest Officer, Maddur, regarding a...
Kaziranga Flood Update: CWRC Inundated with Rescued Rhino Calves
CWRC Kaziranga National Park July 28, 2016: six rhino calves rescued from the monsoon floods in Kaziranga National Park over the last three days have been admitted to the Large Animal Nursery at the Center for...
Kaziranga Flood Update: Eastern Swamp Deer, More Rhino Calves Rescued
Two more rhino calves and two eastern swamp deer have also been rescued from the Kaziranga floods and brought to IFAW-WTI’s Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation...
Wildlife Crime Prevention Training Conducted for Frontline Staff of Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve
Frontline forest personnel interact with trainers during a mock crime scene investigation on day two of the VRP programme at Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve, Chhattisgarh, August 16, 2016: As part of the continuing efforts under...
First-ever Skill Development Workshop on Settled Cultivation Held at Chandigre, Garo Hills
Garo Hills, Meghalaya, August 11, 2016: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and World Land Trust (WLT), in collaboration with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and with support from the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) and the...
International Tiger Day Event Held at Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve
Mainpur, Chattisghar, August 1, 2016: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the Chattisghar Forest Department Organised an event to mark International Tiger Day in Mainpur, Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve on July...
From Bandipur to India Gate To Gondia, WTI Celebrates International Tiger Day with Schoolchildren
July 29, 2016: New Delhi: Undeterred By the Humidity and clonds threatening rain, Over a thousand schoolchildren from twenty school across the national capital converged to...
Free Medical Health Camp for Five Villages in Garo Green Spine
Garo Hills, Meghalaya, July 04, 2016: A free, one-day Medical Health Camp for residents of five villages in the Garo Hills was conducted at the Chandigre village community hall on June 25. Dr ST Sangma of the Asanang Primary Health Centre examines a young...
The Leopard’s Lament
It is difficult to predict what will happen with a sedated animal running free. It could lie low till the effect of the sedatives has passed and then make a dash for...
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