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In the overarching landscape of Kazinag National Park, Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary and Tattakutti Wildlife Sanctuary resides the world’s largest mountain goat, Kashmir or Pir Panjal Markhor (Capra falconeri cashmiriensis), a Near Threatened species and...

Founded in 2010, at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit, Global Tiger Day, often called International Tiger Day, is an annual celebration to raise awareness for tiger conservation, held annually on 29 July. The celebration commemorates the day when an ambitious...

The shrinking habitats of wild animals due to escalating human population result in unsolicited and inevitable encounters between humans and wild animals in and around forests, leading to human-wildlife conflict. Wildlife Trust of India’s (WTI) Rapid...

The Kannur Kandal project initiated by Apollo Tyres, in partnership with Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) celebrated UNESCO-mandated international day for the conservation of mangroves at Kannur, Kerela. Honourable Kannur Mayor, Ms EP Latha was the Chief Guest...

Bihar government has recently commissioned a population estimation survey of the Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica ganegtica) – declared as National Aquatic Animal in 2009, in about 1000 km river stretch of the Ganga and its two major tributaries...

Under its Vets on Wheels: Similipal Tiger Reserve project, the Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) unit established by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) held a series of awareness-cum-training programs on best management and ethical practices of wildlife rescue and...

Throughout India, the elephants are running out of space and time. The spread of human settlements, plantations, farming, mining and railways is squeezing elephant populations into decreasing pockets of forest. Those that survive are forced into areas of...

Madhya Pradesh, April- June 2018: As part of the continuing efforts under its Van Rakshak Project to train, equip and boost the morale of frontline forest staff across the country, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), in partnership with the Madhya Pradesh Forest...

Valmikinagar 22 nd June 2018. Gharial - the fish-eating long-snouted crocodilian is bolstering its population in the Gandak River flowing through the plains of the northern state of Bihar. Encouraging news coming in from the field where the team of...

''The Wildlife Warden of Dudhwa National Park Mr. D.K. Chaturvedi, presided over the event and distributed the kits to the frontline forest staff posted across chowkis and beats falling within the 5 ranges of Dudhwa National...

Led by partners Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Gaj Yatra is the biggest event ever planned around India’s National Heritage Animal – the Asian elephant. It will move through 12 elephant range States over...

Rangagora Tea Estate, Guijan, Tinsukia, May 16, 2018: A heartwarming story of lost and found reunion of three leopard cubs with their mother played out at the Rangagora Tea Estate through 12-13 May,...

Manas National Park, Assam, May 20, 2018: A two-day Regional Workshop on best practices for mitigating human-snake conflict in North-east India was organised by IFAW-WTI at Manas National Park, Assam on 19-20 May...

Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh, May 16, 2018: A sub-adult female leopard that was trapped in a room after accidentally injuring a man in the village of Gulra, Katerniaghat Range, was rescued and subsequently released back into the...

Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh, 14th May 2018: To address and mitigate human wildlife conflict in the Dudhwa-Pilibhit Landscape, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) launched its second Rapid Response Team (RRT) in Pilibhit Tiger...

Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, May 07, 2018: On April 13, three Asiatic black bear cubs that had been hand-raised at the Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) were released into the wild following the completion of their 'soft...

Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, May 04, 2018: A young male tiger that had taken refuge inside an abandoned rubber factory in Bareilly was captured yesterday by members of WTI's Rapid Response Team, working in concert with personnel from the Uttar Pradesh Forest...

Bangkok, Thailand, April 28, 2018: The 9th Meeting of the Asian Elephant Specialist Group (AsESG), the IUCN SSC’s dedicated body for the study, monitoring, management and conservation of Asian elephants, was held in Bangkok from April 25 to...

Darjeeling, West Bengal, April 22, 2018: The second regional technical workshop on the conservation and management of elephant landscapes, focused on North-East India, was held in Darjeeling on April 20 and...

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, April 17, 2018: “Living with the Wild”, a Conservation Action Report based on the work jointly undertaken by the UP Forest Department and WTI in the Dudhwa-Pilibhit landscape, was released by Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya, Deputy Chief...