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Sonpur: For the fifth consecutive year, a health camp for captive elephants was organized by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) in partnership with the Bihar Forest Department at Sonpur in Bihar. Between 12th and 16th November, captive elephants from the...

New Delhi: Wildlife Trust of India’s (WTI) legal counsel Saurabh Sharma reports that the bail applications of the three accused in a massive seizure of skins of endangered animals in North Delhi on the 6th April were withdrawn...

New Delhi: Yet another meticulously planned sting-operation conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and assisted by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the Japan Wildlife Conservation Society (JWCS), led to the recovery of 13 shahtoosh shawls...

New Delhi: An investigation by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) in the illegal wildlife trade carried out through the internet revealed that large quantities of wildlife products and live animals are being traded illegally and is pushing the...

Guwahati: A first ever inter-state transit of an infant bear cub from Guwahati state zoo in Assam to Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) in Arunachal Pradesh is a pioneering step forward for conservation of Asiatic black bears covering two...

Leh: The Wildlife Trust of India(WTI) and the Department of Wildlife Protection, Jammu and Kashmir join hands once again to conduct a survey on the endangered Tibetan antelope popularly called the chiru. The survey on the chiru follows a successful attempt at...

The Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh successfully released a rehabilitated bear back to the wild. Dr.Murali Pai recounts the experience and the exhilaration of seeing the bear at home...

Kaziranga: Little did his family of four realize, when Patiram Das who worked as a forest guard in Kaziranga National Park (KNP), died in a road accident on 24th February 2005 that his life was insured by a group insurance scheme of Wildlife Trust of India...

Valmiki: In what may be termed as a unique first in the history of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve, a tigress and her two cubs were photographed by a camera trap. To monitor these elusive cats and other herbivores in the park, the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and...

Pakke: The arrival of an infant bear cub from Assam to the Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh has prompted the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the forest department (Pakke Wildlife Division)...

Boudha: After years of chase by the Interpol, and police in India and Nepal, the notorious wildlife trader Tashi Tsering alias Tsewang was finally arrested on 11th December by the Boudha Police in...

 Kaziranga : Wildlife Trust of India’s (WTI) innovative concept of mobile veterinary ambulances has appealed to a premier Indian National Oil company. Oil India Limited has sponsored a unit under the “Mobile Veterinary Service” project...

Baramulla: About one hundred earthquake-affected families who have been battling the freezing cold in the Limber Wildlife Sanctuary of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir received tents, sleeping bags and ground sheets as survival kits from Tenam Shastri...

Click here to view the PRESENTATION(PowerPoint) & VIDEO(44mb Real Media 10)       New Delhi: India joins seven other countries, notable among these, USA, UK, China and Russia, to collectively launch a Campaign Against Tiger Trafficking on...

Manas: “Know Manas, love Manas, save Manas” was the central theme that greeted the hundred years of Manas Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam. The Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam Shri. Tarun Gogoi lighted the inaugural lamp to mark the opening of the...

Gandhinagar: Vhali the whale shark stood proudly at the entrance to the eco-tourism pavilion at Vibrant Gujarat, a concept that aims to attract prospective investors to the state. Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) had participated in the celebrations welcoming...

Jammu: The detection of bird flu in neighbouring China has put India’s northern most state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) under threat with the possibility of this virus being transmitted through migratory birds. This prompted Wildlife Trust of India (WTI)...

Kaziranga: Amid Durga puja celebrations across the northeastern state of Assam, the staff at the Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) in Kaziranga labored to provide motherly comfort to yet another rescued elephant calf in the centre....

Sutrapada: History repeated itself when yet another whale shark that was trapped in fishing nets off the coast of Gujarat was rescued in a joint operation conducted by the Gujarat Forest Department and the Department of Fisheries with the expert assistance of...

Mumbai: Tata Chemicals has won the Green Governance Award 2005 for its project  – Conservation of the Whale Shark. The award will be given by Dr. Manmohan Singh, Hon. Prime Minister of India on November 10, 2005 at a ceremony in Vigyan Bhavan, New...