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New Delhi: Hearing a Special Leave Petition filed by the State of West Bengal against the grant of bail to the alleged wildlife trader Ratiram Sharma, the Supreme Court today issued notice to the...

Ahmedabad : Even as a high profile contingent of top political leaders of India strode out of Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad on the historic 75 th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s march to Dandi, Vhali the whale shark quietly came home to this land-locked...

New Delhi: A joint campaign launched by the Wildlife Trust of India and Care for the Wild International with support from the Rowell Fund to build awareness on the significance of nature conservation and the status of protection of wild species among the...

New Delhi: Four forest workers who died on duty in various incidents in the last six months, received a sum of rupees 1, 00,000 each under the Van Rakshak Project of the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), an official...

Srinagar: Handmade pashmina workers in the Kashmir valley registered a Trust on Thursday to promote their unique pashmina...

New Delhi : A trap laid by the Delhi Police last evening following a tip off resulted in the arrest of three persons and a seizure of 45 leopard skins and 14 otter pelts. The seizure happened in North Delhi when the North District Police apprehended two...

New Delhi: A trial court in the Eastern Indian state of West Bengal today sentenced notorious wildlife trader Ratiram Sharma to 5 years imprisonment and a fine of Rupees...

Pakke: A pioneering project initiated by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) along with the Arunachal Pradesh Forest Department that began from a single room in 2002 has evolved into a unique scientific rehabilitation centre for displaced and injured Asiatic black...

Bhopal: With their successful rehabilitation in alternative livelihoods, 18 kalandars, who were dancing bears just a year ago, have vowed never to go back to their old profession. Earlier this year they surrendered eight captive bears to the Madhya Pradesh...

Kaziranga: A one and a half month old elephant calf was rescued from the central range of Karbi Anglong, Assam yesterday by officials of the forest department stationed at Hamren sub-division and brought to the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and...

New Delhi: In an attempt to involve local people in the protection and management of their surrounding forests the northeast Indian state of Sikkim has appointed 21 persons as Himal Rakshaks (Honorary mountain...

Dharamshala: Two persons were arrested with a bear gall bladder on 22 December in Dharamshala, Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh, officials...

Kaziranga: An injured flying squirrel was rescued by the villagers at Koliabor in Naongaon district of the north eastern state of Assam and was brought to Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) on 18 th April. The velvety brown...

Diu: In a change from earlier years, the Wildlife Trust of India’s campaign to protect the whale shark became the focus of the day marking the liberation of this tiny coastal enclave in western India from 500 years of Portuguese rule. Diu became a part of...

New Delhi,: A large quantity of seized wildlife products were destroyed on 26 th April 2005 at National Zoological Park New Delhi, by burning them in a closed incinerator, in the presence of wildlife officials from the Central and Delhi government and...

New Delhi: Animals killed in road accidents in the northeast Indian state of Assam is worrying conservationists. Last month speeding vehicles hit two captive elephants on the busy highway connecting the northern and southern districts, killing one and...

Beijing: The Fourth Steering Committee annual meeting of the Asian Conservation Alliance Task Force (ACATF) was held in Beijing, China on 14 th and 15 th April...

Chennai : As the sun sets over the Bay of Bengal and the shadows of the surviving palms lengthen, Charles takes his sole surviving companion, a black dog, out for a walk on the Marina beach of Chennai . Strewn with rubble, thatch and a few carcasses, the...

Eravikulam National Park, Kerala: Protecting those who protect our wildlife is just one of the programs that the Wildlife Trust of India(WTI) has under its umbrella that encompasses the gamut of conservation...

New Delhi : To further strengthen and streamline wildlife rehabilitation efforts in country, the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) – with the support of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) – has launched its new “Wildlife Rehabilitators...