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Manas, August 16, 2014: Dr Bhaskar Choudhury, Regional Head (Assam) of WTI wrote this blog as he was monitoring the rehabilitated rhinos, now proud mothers in the wild, and fondly remembering being there when they first came in as orphan...

Well known international cricketer and wildlife lover Anil Kumble today joined hands with Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) to support the cause of conservation at the book launch of WTI's CEO Vivek Menon’s Indian Mammals- A Field...

Paro, Bhutan, February 10, 2014:The opening speech of H.E. Lyonpo Yeshey Dorji, H'ble Minister of Agriculture and Forests, Royal Govt of Bhutan at the Opening Ceremony of the 2nd Prevention of Wildlife Trade Workshop organised by IFAW-WTI with...

Jharkhand, February 3, 2014: Securing a future for the elephant ‘the heritage animal’ in India, its continued survival in the wild constitute a major challenge faced by wildlife...

Theni, Friday, January 17, 2014: Wildlife Foundation (WF), a Meghamalai based conservation organisation, with the aid of Wildlife Trust of India, along with the support of the Tamil Nadu Forest Department and Aircel, has started anti-snare...

Thiruvananthapuram, December 6, 2013: In a boost to the welfare of the captive elephants in the state, a seven-day elephant training workshop is currently underway in the Koottoor Elephant Rehabilitation Centre in Agasthyavanam Biological Park,...

Over the last two months, school children in the Nagzira-Nawegaon corridor in the Central Indian tiger landscape have taken a step further to a greener livelihood by participating in a sapling plantation...

NOIDA, October 1, 2013: Students across the country will be a part of the special series of awareness activities on the occasion of the annual wildlife week beginning...

Ninety nine households located in human-elephant conflict prone areas of Wokha district received 4950 kg rice as ‘grain-for-grain’ relief through a Rapid Action Project (RAP) to assist elephant conservation efforts in the...

NOIDA, July 31, 2013: When people talk about wildlife they agree on the need to protect them, how they need to be kept safe from all those determined to profit from them. Not talked about often, however, are the people trying to do exactly that – the...

Veraval: In March this year, we received first cogent evidence of whale shark pups being found along the Gujarat coast.When the fisherman reported the incident to us, he was unaware of the flutter this serendipitous discovery would...

Agatti, June 30, 2013: Earlier this month, as the World Oceans Day was celebrated internationally, a small group of enthusiasts including the Forest Department, local NGOs, fishermen and even the Police in Agatti, Lakshadweep islands, organised a rally to...

Manas Mainao - the first rhino to walk Manas National Park kickstarting the crucial reintroduction in 2006, has given birth to a healthy calf. Early this morning, the mother and calf were sighted at the Rupahi Camp in Bhuyanpara range of Manas...

Dudhwa: The Rehmankhera tiger captured from the outskirts of Lucknow last April after having kept conservationists and locals on tenterhooks for several months, has now successfully spent a year in the wild in Dudhwa...

Wayanad: WTI's Ramith M regularly walks down the corridor trying to track elephant herds using it. He describes one of his most fascinating experiences with the astounding animals on a walk through the...

Fifteen kilometres inside a tiger reserve, where tigers, leopards, elephants freely roam, Jose Louies was part of a search party out on a mission to recover tiger traps hidden by a four-member gang of tiger poachers. This is the second part of the...

Kokrajhar (Bodoland), February 7, 2013: Nearly ten years have passed since a group of local youth established Manas Maozigendri Ecotourism Society (MMES) to help secure the Greater Manas landscape. Even today, they continue to put up a strong fight...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), January 2, 2013: Helping conserve the world’s tallest flying birds, farmers around Bhoj wetlands in Madhya Pradesh – a Ramsar site and an Important Bird Area (IBA), are shifting to organic farming to save sarus cranes from...

Kaziranga (Assam), December 3, 2012: The Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) completes its 10th anniversary this year, having attended to more than 3000 (of about 150 species) distressed wild...

New Delhi, November 24, 2012: Bear experts from 35 countries will present their latest research findings in the Indian capital, beginning Monday, with the launch of the 21st International Conference on Bear Research and Management (IBA...