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Dasara, known as Dussehra in the Northern parts of the country, is a festival that denotes the victory of truth or good over evil. The Mysuru Dasara, which is known as ‘Naada Habba’ is the ‘state festival of Karnataka’ has gained immense popularity...

India is home to several harvest festivals, where, different regions, at some point during the year, celebrate and give thanks for a successful crop year. Wangala, is one such post-harvest festival celebrated annually by the Garo tribes in the month of...

On 2nd December 2022, WTI inaugurated the Aa Aana, a one of its kind multidisciplinary celebration of Asian Elephant under its campaign- Gajotsavam. Gajotsavam is a celebration of India’s National Heritage Animal to highlighting its need for...

The growing complexities of wildlife crime have pushed the experts to think of an innovative, holistic, all-encompassing mechanism that can effectively tackle these challenges. Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) works with various state forest departments across...

Every year, 300 million tonnes of plastics are produced and at least 14 million tonnes of these plastics end up in the ocean. And this act of ours collectively has severely affected marine fauna, flora, and ocean ecosystems. Plastics are ubiquitous in our...

The Wildlife Trust of India’s D’Ering – Dibru Saikhowa Elephant Link Project team celebrated the 68th National Wildlife Week across its project sites in Mer and Namsing villages of Arunachal Pradesh, which are project beneficiary villages. A...

The local community of Belun, a village in Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal largely depends on agriculture and poultry farming. With a good portion of their revenue earned from the sale of chicken and duck eggs, a lot of effort is put in to ensure...

Wildlife Trust of India and the Department of Wildlife Protection (DWP), Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) celebrated a long fruitful partnership on the 3rd of October 2022 in Gandhi Bhawan at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, as a part of the Wildlife Week...

On the occasion of 68th Wildlife Week, Wildlife Trust of India launched “Save the Whale Shark” campaign along the coast of Kerala. The campaign was launched in Thiruvananthapuram on October 7, 2022, in the Apollo Dimora Hall. The campaign is launched with...

Signifying knowledge, beauty, strength, ecological and cultural importance, the Elephant has a special place in our society. For that August 12 is celebrated as World Elephant Day by governments, wildlife conservation organizations and individuals across...

On 23rd July, a herd of elephants entered the Konhappa village, located in the Karra block of Jharkhand’s Khunti district. Anticipating the intentions of these pachyderms, local villagers gathered in an attempt to protect their property from any damage....

At the end of July 2022, the Rapid Response Team (RRT) stationed in Pilibhit of WTI received a request from the Divisional Forest Officer of Ayodhya. It was a call to help and assist the department in locating and monitoring the movement of a leopard reported...

The soft bristles of a paintbrush are designed to create magnificent art as soon as they touch the surface of a canvas. Dipped in vibrant colors, the paintbrush is capable of creating magic in the abstract, neat figures that it paints. However, it would come...

In order to seek good harvest and prosperity, the people of the Adi community of Arunachal Pradesh celebrate Solung festival. Starting from the first day  of September, the people of this community adorn traditional attires and engage in the Ponung, one of...

Experts from the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) imparted a special orientation session on camera trap exercises at the Tinsukia Wildlife Division. The orientation was conducted on August 17& 18 for the forest officials and field staff of Dibru-Saikhowa NP,...

A campaign to save the Whale Shark was launched by WTI and Gujarat Forest Department with the support of Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), back in 2004. It was a multi-pronged approach to build awareness of its...

Wildlife Trust of India launched the ‘Save the Whale Shark Campaign’ along the coast of Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep in Mangalore on 30th August, celebrating International Whale Shark Day. The event was hosted at Milagres Hall Complex, Mangalore,...

‘I heard about elephants for the first time from a local guy at our place, he comes to the local tea shops and narrates his encounter with wild elephants at his place. Whenever an elephant enters his land he always gives a slap on its back with a bamboo...

Background: WTI’s flagship campaign for elephants, ‘Gaj Yatra’ was conceptualized to generate public and political support for the National Heritage Animal. Through Gaj Yatra, we are trying to sensitize policymakers, communities living in elephant...

Sundarbans is the largest contiguous mangrove ecosystem in the world between India and Bangladesh. One of the several denizens of this unique ecosystem are horseshoe crabs, a prehistoric crustacean that has been around for more than 300 million years. Studies...