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A first-hand account by Divya Srinivasan, General Manager, Campaigns at WTI, who ventured out with the rescue team to witness a rescue operation and management of human-elephant conflict. New Delhi: With the Haathi Mere Saathi Campaign being in the planning...

Nagzira – Nawegaon (Maharashtra): The face-off between development agencies and environment conservationists is once again at the fore with the issue of expansion of National Highway (NH) – 6 in the central Indian state of...

New Delhi: A nationwide survey on bears kicked off this week to collate information on distribution, threats and conservation measures from all 26 bear-ranging states to prepare the National Bear Conservation Action...

Sondlagondi (Maharashtra): In an effort to reduce anthropogenic pressure in the crucial Nagzira – Navegaon corridor linking nine Tiger Reserves in the central India, the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) supported by the Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund (JTEF),...

Puri / Kendrapara (Odisha): The heavy monsoon rains that have battered South Asia for weeks have caused widespread flooding and left millions of people and animals displaced. In response to the disaster, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) in...

Dudhwa, Uttar Pradesh: An adult female leopard that had locals around Dudhwa Tiger Reserve terrorised for nearly two months was successfully captured by a team of Forest Department officials assisted by the Wildlife Trust of India...

Sambalpur (Odisha): A group of volunteers have been traveling across 30 villages in the Sambalpur district conducting a mobile campaign to spread awareness on sloth bear conservation among locals. A joint effort of the Odisha Forest Department and Wildlife...

Kokrajhar (Bodoland, Assam): Separated from their mothers, and brought under human care as young cubs, two rare clouded leopards and four Asiatic black bears are on their way back to the wild in Greater...

Dibru Saikhowa (Assam): A sub-adult Asian elephant trapped in a clay sanitary pit on the fringes of the Dibru Saikhowa National Park in eastern Assam was rescued by a team of Forest Department staff, International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife...

Alwar: In a landmark judgement, the Court of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate – II, Alwar, Rajasthan convicted noted wildlife poacher Juhru and his associates, Tayyeb, Ramzan, Noora and Jiwan Das, sentencing them to a maximum imprisonment of...

Poonch (J&K): Records made during a survey along the Pir Panjal range have confirmed presence of the extremely rare western tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus) at two new sites in Jammu and Kashmir. Sightings and calls of the pheasant were validated at...

Manas (Assam): A rare conservation success story is emerging from Manas National Park with the sighting of a rehabilitated elephant having been accepted into a wild herd – good news for conservationists currently pleading for the removal of the park...

New Delhi: An unprecedented initiative to mobilise global cooperation in elephant conservation and welfare began today with the Elephant – 8 Ministerial Meet (E-8) in New Delhi. The E-8, hosted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of...

New Delhi: India has reported an increase in its tiger population, bringing cheer to wildlife enthusiasts worldwide. The latest estimate put the figures at 1706 Tigers, as against 1411 individuals reported in the last estimate released in...

New Delhi: A wildlife trader arrested with three leopard skins in Delhi 15 years ago was today sentenced to a year in prison along with a fine of Rs...

New Delhi: Reaching out to the people, to improve conservation and welfare prospects of the elephant – India’s National Heritage Animal, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) in partnership with the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has launched...

By Sheren Shrestha New Delhi: Wildlife crime is a serious issue involving lives of wild animals and subsequent efforts by law enforcement authorities to nail the poacher and the trader. Even so, there are incidents with an element of dark humour that is...

Kaziranga (Assam): An adult male tiger is being moved from the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) in Assam where it was hand-raised, to near-wild environment at the Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal, Madhya...

Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary (Chhattisgarh): The lone female wild buffalo in the Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary gave birth to a healthy male calf (Mohan) last week, following her third successful pregnancy, thus bringing the population of this endangered mammal to...

Poonch (J&K): Confirming the presence of a population of the endangered Kashmir markhor in Poonch, an ongoing survey has stressed on the urgency to protect this area for long-term conservation of this mountain...