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Valmiki Tiger Reserve, 10th March 2022: The Indo-Nepal border, spanning 1751 km includes the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. This is a highly sensitive area that has porous borders encouraging cross-boundary wildlife crimes such as poaching, illegal...

 “The struggle was real – piles and piles of paperwork and forms, it would take us a sufficient amount of time to organize the data and proceed further with the case. Such delays directly impacted the plausibility of the case, which lead to lop-sided...

Pangolin is considered the most trafficked mammal in the world. This elusive, mostly nocturnal animal is extensively traded for its body parts – mainly scales and skin. While the scales are used in Traditional Chinese Medicine which are claimed to treat...

In 2018, close to 20 elephants migrated to Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve and since then, the elephant population has increased to 46. Unfortunately, this move has not been received well by locals who are not used to these gentle giants at all since there was no...

Date: 4th Feb, 2022 Rare and critically endangered Himalayan brown bears (Ursus arctos isabellinus) are found in the Drass, Suru and Zanskar region of Kargil district. These bears have been straying into human habitats due to easy access to food from dumping...

20th January, 2022, Seijosa, Arunachal Pradesh A three-day conservation festival for Hornbill conservation was celebrated in Pakke Tiger Reserve, Seijosa, Arunachal Pradesh between the 18th and the 20th of January, 2022. The event was organised by the Pakke...

19th January, 2021, Namdapha TR Several months of combing difficult terrain across Arunachal Pradesh bore fruit when Wildlife Trust of India’s biologist Aftab Ahmed sighted three White-winged Wood ducks (Asarcornis scutulata) in Namdapha Tiger Reserve last...

Valmikinagar, 18thJanuary, 2022: Wildlife Trust of India has been working actively in the Terai landscape (in the administrative state of UP and Bihar), which includes six important Protected Areas of the region. The team has been involved in enforcement...

The Siang River Festival is an annual agro-cultural socio-religious festival celebrated by the Adi Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh. The festival aims to promote indigenous cultural heritage, eco-tourism, conservation strategies, river rejuvenation and agronomics,...

10 December 2021, New Delhi Vivek Menon, Founder and Executive Director of Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), has been awarded Whitley Fund for Nature’s continuation funding for the year 2021. This is the third continuation funding award for Mr Menon, since the...

30th December, 2021, Sundarbans National Park Wildlife Trust of India’s Rapid Response Team (RRT) assists the Forest Department to rescue an adult male tiger from the Kultali Village Block of Garankanthi Forests of the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve. Thanks to a...

Valmikinagar, Bihar, 29th December, 2021: Valmiki Tiger Reserve, with its strategic location and close proximity to the international border of Nepal, is the only tiger reserve in the state of Bihar. Spanning a total area of 899.38 sq. km., the Tiger Reserve...

8th December, 2021, Noida: A big win for Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the overall wildlife conservation fraternity came in the form of YouTube removing content showing the illegal trade of pangolin on the video sharing platform this last week. Over the...

4 December 2021, Veraval: The Kharwa Cricket Club (KCC) Ground came alive today when partners of the Gujarat Whale Shark Conservation Project celebrated the 15th Gujarat Whale Shark Day with local communities. This annual commemorative day Kartak Vad Amavas...

15 November 2021, Manas National Park: Within a span of three days, two Asiatic black bears venturing out of their protected areas and injured by spears were rescued by WTI’s veterinarians and released back to the wild. WTI’s Mobile Veterinary Service...

18th November 2021, Haknar: Wildlife Trust of India launched its Hangul Recovery Project with community convergence to bring back this Critically Endangered ungulate to a sustainable population in its range state, Kashmir. Endemic to Jammu and Kashmir, the...

15 November 2021, Jodhpur: More than 150 Demoiselle Cranes (Grus virgo) have been reported dead in the latest incidence of Avian Flu in Rajasthan. With the numbers still on the rise, the whole state is on high alert. IFAW-WTI’s Emergency Response Network...

Elephant deaths due to electrocution are not a new thing for India. According to an RTI reply from the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to activist K Govindan Namboothiry, about 474 elephants have died across the country due to...

Raimona National Park, Assam, 22 September 2021: While the Assam government’s bold decision to destroy rhino horn stockpiles was implemented in Bokakhat near Kaziranga, another conservation milestone was reached by the Bodoland Territorial Region in the...

Bokakhat, Assam, 22 September 2021: The biggest ever stockpile of rhino horns comprising 2479 rhino horns was consigned to flames by the Assam government in a massive public ceremony on World Rhino Day today. This event is a culmination of a long and thorough...