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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...

Marseilles, 8 September 2021: Today the IUCN, the largest global union of conservation of nature voted at the World Conservation Congress in Marseilles to elect its new governing Council for 2021-25. Celebrating his election as  a Councillor of the IUCN,...

25th August, 2021, Siliguri: The largest of Asian Gyps vultures, the Himalayan Griffons, have long been threatened by the use of certain drugs in cattle treatment and pesticides in agriculture farming. In most of India’s countryside, deliberate poisoning of...

15 August 2021, Kokrajhar: On the occasion of the 75th year of Indian independence, the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) organized a felicitation ceremony to recognise all individuals and organizations that have played a role in the region’s development....

18 August, Wayanad: In an incident that has left many flummoxed, a carcass of a young 10-year-old tigress was found in an elephant corridor in Wayanad. WTI’s Field Officer Shajan M A was part of the expert committee formed for the post-mortem of the tigress...

26 July 2021, Kannur: International Mangrove Day was commemorated on July 26, by Wildlife Trust of India’s Kannur Kandal Project and Kerala Forest Department through a webinar to discuss the future of mangrove conservation in Kerala. The online event saw...

19 July 2021, Udalguri, Assam: Are birds responsible for Covid-19? More than a year into the worst outbreak of a Corona virus, the lethal second wave had thrown life out of gear and provided fuel to some misinformed decision making. Earlier last month, the...

23 June 2021, Pakke Tiger Reserve: When two newborn female bear cubs were handed over to Dr. Panjit Basumatary on 12th February, 2021, it was love at first sight. Their eyes hadn’t yet opened but their warm soft bodies instinctively cuddled into the palms...

10 June 2021, Assam: On World Environment Day, the newly elected Chief Minister of the Government of Assam, Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma declared two new National Parks, delighting conservationists and communities alike. The much awaited Gazette notification of...

Tinsukia, May 24, 2021: Working with the Assam Forest Department and with a little help from the local community, Wildlife Trust of India’s Mobile Veterinary Service in Eastern Assam reunited a leopard cub with its mother within 12 hours of finding it in a...

17 May 2021: The ‘Big 5’ is an old term used by trophy hunters in Africa for the five most prized and dangerous animals to shoot and kill: elephant, rhino, leopard, Cape buffalo and lion. The New Big 5 project has a better idea: to create a New Big 5 of...

Meghalaya, 21 April 2021: A subtle comment on a YouTube video picked up by an alert team member of WTI’s Wildlife Crime Control Division (WCCD) led to a covert operation in cyberspace and the seizure of four live Chinese pangolins (Manis pentadactyla),...

Maharajganj, 15 April 2021: On a chilly day in January, Deep Narayan Sahni was walking along Hertodwa wetland in Maharajganj district of Eastern Uttar Pradesh when some suspicious activity caught his eye. Hertodwa wetland had of late become a preferred spot...

Manas Tiger Reserve, 10 April 2021: Three rhino calves – two females and a male- that were rescued during the 2019 floods have safely been released in Manas Tiger Reserve, the first step in sending them back to the wild. Rescued by the Assam Forest...

Tinsukia, 20 February 2021 Comments left on a popular video blogging site led to the bust of an illegal wildlife trade racket and a new life for a pangolin rescued during the operation. On February 18, WTI’s team assisted the Indian government’s Wildlife...

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 21 March 2021 In keeping with its long term commitment towards the welfare of frontline forest staff, WTI granted financial assistance as ex gratia support to the surviving family members of frontline forest staff who succumbed to their...

Seijosa, Arunachal Pradesh, 17 March 2021: On 17th March 2021 WTI and Forest dept, Seijosa, Arunachal Pradesh supported by Kirloskar Ebari Pumps Ltd (KEPL) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare organised the “Grain for Grain” program for villagers...

Pakke, Arunachal Pradesh, 8 March 2021 Last week, Arunachal Pradesh forest department staff brought in two female bear cubs to the WTI – Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) on 12 February 2021. These week old cubs were found by women...