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Garo Hills, Meghalaya, May 30, 2019:  WTI-WLT Conducts Free Medical Health Camp in Mandalgre, Garo Hills. A one-day Medical Health Camp was organised for residents of three villages in the Garo Hills at the community hall of Mandalgre village on May 30. The...

Smooth-coated Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) is a semi-aquatic mammal with an affinity towards undisturbed wetland habitats. India is home to three different species of otters, amongst which smooth-coated otters are the most widely distributed species across...

Mainpur, Chattisgarh, May 25, 2019 : WTI celebrated the International Day of Biodiversity in collaboration with Chhattisgarh Forest Department, State Biodiversity Board and STRONG FOUNDATION, a local NGO, at Mainpur on the 22nd of May, 2019. The event was...

On the occasion of Earth Day, 22nd April 2019, Wildlife Trust of India’s Green Corridor Champions organised celebratory events across the country in their respective...

With wildlife criminal networks getting more organized than ever, new technology approaches are here to detect wildlife crime, nab poachers and stepping up law...

Trivandrum, Kerala : Poaching and trade of wildlife especially that commands high-price has always been a major challenge faced by conservation and enforcement agencies across the world. The network of wildlife crime is well organised and that makes it...

Treated for poisoning, 30 vultures were released back to the wild in Sivsagar, Assam Demow, Sivsagar, Assam: In late March 2019, a rescue call for 66 vultures impacted by poisoning came in from Netaipukhuri area of Demow in Sivsagar district. Wildlife Trust...

Wildlife Trust of India has been extensively surveying the Tourenga Panchayat at Mainpur in Chattisgarh since April 2018, to map out its vivid biodiversity profile. The 1477.59 hectares of the Tourenga Panchayat constitutes the villages of Tourenga, Jugad and...

Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is committed to helping Bhutan save its natural...

Gandhinagar : Wildlife Trust of India recently organised a regional conference to develop whale shark conservation action plans and management framework along the Arabian Sea region. Mahatma Mandir at Gandhinagar saw an aggregation of experts on science,...

Wildlife Trust of India is a conservation organisation guided by its mission to conserve wildlife and its habitat and to work for the welfare of individual wild animals, in partnership with communities and...

After the 68th session in 2013, United Nations General Assembly declared March 3 as world wildlife week, the day of signature of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), as UN World Wildlife Day to celebrate...

The female bear cub is radio-collared by Dr Rinku Gohain, the IFAW-WTI veterinarian at the rehabilitation site in Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh. It is one of the two cubs that were rescued by the Assam forest department rescue team from a household...

Ashok Kumar Memorial Scholarships for Wildlife Law and...

The absence of access to good healthcare and sanitation facilities in the remote villages of Garo Hills has been a concern for years now. As a result, there have been instances of serious health issues in the area. Few of the healthcare centres in the area...

Makar Sankranti is one of the festivals that is celebrated all over India on the same day each year, 14 January, mainly because this is the only festival that follows the solar calendar instead of the lunar...

Asian elephants live in a region of the world with the densest human population. In India, with 1.3 billion people jostling for space, the elephants are one of the first species to suffer due to their size, needs and nomadic...

The east-west ecological range of the Terai elephant population in Northern West Bengal extends from the Teesta chaur (Baikunthapur Division) through Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary (MWLS) under Wildlife Division-I and southern forests of Kurseong Division, up...

Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) is delighted to announce the launch of Gaj Yatra in Tamil Nadu, in association with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the International Fund for Animal Welfare...

Wildlife Trust of India and International Fund for Animal Welfare proudly released one of the magnificent publications, the “Action Tiger” which is a compilation of the National Tiger Action Plans (NTAPs) of 13 Tiger Range Countries...