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Dakhalaghat, 17 July 2020: In a very challenging flood rescue this month, WTI – IFAW and Assam State Forest Department team, captured an injured and distressed female elephant from a village and released her back to the wild. The first reports of this adult...

Kaziranga, 15 July 2020: What happens when a tigress comes calling at midnight, trying to escape the floodwaters? If it’s Kaziranga, and the house of Prabin Bora, the tigress stays overnight and the owners stay calm until expert help arrives. In a 28 hour...

Kaziranga National Park, Assam, 13 July 2020: A joint team of Wildlife Trust of India, Kaziranga National Park (KNP) Forest Officials, State Police and civic administration were able to guide two stranded tigers back to the wild on two consecutive days. WTI...

Dibru Saikhowa National Park, Assam, 13  July 2020: The annual floods have hit Assam over this weekend and our wildlife rescue teams are on high alert. Rising waters push animals to higher reaches resulting in several mishaps that need veterinary...

Kunhimangalam, 7 July 2020: Shout out from the Kannur Kandal Project to all Photographers, both amateur and professionals who have experienced a mangrove ecosystem in India. In the run up to this year’s International Day for the Conservation of...

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, July 07, 2020: WTI has granted a sum of four lakhs to bereaved surviving families of four brave frontline forest staff who have fallen in the line of duty even while the country has been under stringent lockdown. We have stood by these...

Rajapalayam, June 23, 2020 Social media is a double edged sword but can be used to advantage to stop crime, as this case proves.  Wildlife Trust of India’s Green Corridor Champion (GCC) in Tamil Nadu helped enforcement authorities apprehend criminals using...

Manas National Park, June 18, 2020: While COVID-19 induced lockdown has adversely affected livelihoods across the country, a promising story has emerged from communities living on the fringes of Manas National Park. Falling back on the tradition of weaving,...

Valmikinagar, Bihar, June 16 2020: In some great news shared by Wildlife Trust of India’s field biologist this World Crocodile Day, 86 newly hatched gharial were released into the Gandak river. These hatchlings emerged after successful incubation of 65-70...

Kaziranga, 11 June 2020: In yet another successful rescue and release story, a severely dehydrated and stressed female jungle cat kitten which had been rescued from a household at Kathalgui village, Karbi Anglong district, in February this year was...

Noida, NCR, 10 June 2020: Wildlife Trust of India with its institutional commitment to address wildlife emergencies provided essential relief in 24 Parganas (south) district of West Bengal that bore the brunt of the cyclone Amphan. The Sundarbans of West...

Manas, Assam, 27 May 2020:A female bear cub rescued on 30 December 2019 went back to the wild on 15 May 2020, marking yet another rehabilitation success story for Asiatic black bears. The female bear cub was rescued from Salbari Village under Amteka Range of...

New Delhi, 20 May 2020:  A Gharial caught in fishing nets in the Hooghly near Rani Nagar Ghat of Nadia District in West Bengal sparked quite an interest among the fishermen and conservation biologists. Gharials are critically endangered with only about 650...

Manas National Park, 7 May 2020: An effective solution to mitigate human elephant conflict was successfully tested and shows promise in Manas. Wildlife Trust of India’s team had installed 5 km of hanging fence along the Manas National Park boundary to keep...

Valmikinagar, Bihar, April 24 2020 : Restrictions on movement during lockdown imposed due to Covid-19 have not affected WTI’s zeal and commitment to conservation action. When the biologist could not travel, mobile communication and local communities came to...

Doomdoma, Assam, 12 April 2020: Not all animal rescues need to be brought to the wildlife rescue centre. The happiest ending to the story of a displaced animal is to find its mother. Wildlife Trust of India’s (WTI) Mobile Veterinary Service reunited a...

Barnawapara, 23 April 2020: In a meticulously planned and historic operation, the Chhattisgarh forest department has with the active support of the Wildlife Trust of India translocated two wild buffaloes – one male and one female, from Manas National Park...

Kaziranga, 24 April 2020:Wildlife Trust of India’s veterinarians are currently nursing eleven vultures afflicted by secondary poisoning from Sibsagar district of Assam. These vultures were spotted at Dichagmukh area, suspected to have fed on a poisoned...

Deopani, Kaziranga National Park, 19 April 2020: A month old male rhino calf, separated from its mother was rescued by Wildlife Trust of India’s veterinary team from the Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) near Kaziranga. The forest...

Dibrugarh, 8 April 2020: This successful case of timely veterinary intervention and dedicated care enabled an injured leopard recover and return to the wild during the nationwide lockdown. These narrow and deep trenches are dug and maintained in tea estates...