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New Delhi: An impact assessment report on six independent investigations under the Wild Aid programme of the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and supported by its partner the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) was released today by Mr Anil Baijal,...

 Brussels : Swiss customs officials have confiscated 537 shawls of shahtoosh wool, made from the endangered Tibetan antelope, estimated at a value of more than 2.5 million euros. The seizure represents the slaughter of at least 1,600 animals, or more than 3%...

New Delhi : Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) congratulates the Crime Branch of Delhi Police for the arrest of Sansar Chand . After being twice convicted and giving the slip for the last two decades, the notorious smuggler of wildlife, Sansar Chand was arrested...

New Delhi: The world finally got to see the face behind many a poaching operations in Indian jungles, when Sansar Chand was produced in the court of Manoj Jain, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Delhi at noon today. Sansar Chand has been remanded to...

New Delhi: A report on the Markhor “Goats on the Border” which is jointly published by the Wildlife Trust of India, J & K Wildlife Department, Environment and Ecology Cell of the Indian Army and Nature Conservation Society was released by the...

Kaziranga: A three year old leopard that was rescued on the night of 30 th June from the Kakojan area of Jorhat district by the local forest officials and staff of the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) was released back to the wild...

New Delhi: Notorious wildlife smuggler Sansar Chand finds himself ensnared with no hope of release after the CBI charged him under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act of 1999...

New Delhi: During his recent visit to Geneva in July  2005 to attend the CITES Standing Committee meeting, Senior Advisor and Trustee of Wildlife Trust of India Mr. Ashok Kumar was shown four of the shahtoosh shawls from a previous seizure by Swiss...

New Delhi : After tightening the snare on Sansar Chand, a complex legal situation arose yesterday after the Rajasthan Police applied for his custody and transit to Jaipur. The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) expressed his inability to grant...

Surat: The Wildlife Rehabilitators Exchange Network (WREN) which was launched by the Wild Rescue Programme of Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) early this year to take up rescue and rehabilitation measures for wildlife in crisis across the country have come...

Kaziranga: After elephants, rhinos and leopards, the Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) in the north eastern state of Assam now houses ten snakes that have a new...

New Delhi : The much awaited verdict on the fate of the eight Asian elephants stationed in the southern province of Thailand has finally arrived with the Australian Environment Minister Ian Campbell giving the green signal to Sydney and Melbourne Zoos to...

Jaipur : For the first time, two panther skins were recovered directly from the wildlife smuggler Sansar Chand, who had so blatantly challenged the police when he was arrested after a carefully planned sting operation on 30 th...

New Delhi : The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Delhi Manoj Jain today issued a production warrant so that the Rajasthan Police can produce Sansar Chand in court at Delhi on 11 th August. The notorious wildlife smuggler was earlier remanded to...

Sydney: A legal appeal that was forwarded by IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare), RSPCA Australia and Human Society International (HSI) on the 20 th of this month in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Australia, against the Australian Senator Ian...

Anand: In a sensitization exercise that involved a school contact programme coupled with participatory activities, more than 15000 school children in the milk capital of Gujarat were made aware of the world’s biggest fish that visits the shores of their...

New Delhi: A raid conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) last evening resulted in a seizure of eight shahtoosh shawls from a south Delhi...

Uttaranchal : In a move to sensitize and empower the forest staff of Shivalik elephant reserve, a training programme on wildlife crime prevention and law was organized from 13 th July to 3 rd August in Uttaranchal by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) in...

New Delhi: In the Shahtoosh case, Ashok Kumar vs. State of J & K and others, the Supreme Court today held that the production of Shahtoosh shawls and the continuance of the trade in the state should be banned with immediate effect. The case was filed in...

Uttaranchal: In a move to sensitize and empower the forest staff of Shivalik elephant reserve, a training programme on wildlife crime prevention and law was organized from 13th July to 3rd August in Uttaranchal by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) in...