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Re-homed in Bannerghatta National Park

Tigers: ‘The Italians’Date of Birth: N/A King, Royale, Harak and Zeudy were rescued from appalling conditions by the Big Cat Project. The five tigers had been confiscated from an Italian circus and caged in a tiny ‘beast-wagon’ for...

Six hybrid tigers given new home in India

Bangalore: For Ginny, Royale, Zeudy, Harak, King and Roque, six hybrid tigers(of Sibreian strain) rescued from captivity in Europe, the Bannerghatta National Park, has become their new home. On Monday (April 29, 2002) they were released into a brand new...

New home for Dudhwa’s amorous rhino

New Delhi: Dudhwa Tiger Reserve is faced with a piquant situation. The dominant male rhino , Baanke, has been fighting so much for his females, that he has ended up killing two rivals and injuring many others. His extreme behaviour has the Forest Department...

Forest Guards trained in unarmed combat

For the first time in India, former Army commandos trained forest guards in the art of fighting bare handed. With poaching being the second largest income generating illegal business after narcotics, most poachers have access to sophisticated weaponry. In...

WTI’s legal cell cases on policy Issues

Wildlife Trust of India v. State of Karnataka The case challenged establishment of a paramilitary shooting range on the fringes of Bannerghata National Park, Karnataka. The Karnataka High Court ordered removal of CRPF from the shooting range. CRPF has carried...

Elephant dies of suspected poisoning in Rajaji

Rajaji: An elephant died of suspected poisoning near the Motichur Rest House in the Rajaji National Park. Some forest field staff found the tusker, around 14 to 16 years of age, when it was in a very weak condition and was bleeding from the mouth and anus,...

35 elephants have died since July in Assam

The words stare out at you “Paddy Thief”, scrawled in Assamese on the back of a dead female elephant, found recently in a paddy field on the outskirts of Tezpur town in Assam. The words obviously referring to the elephant herds that have...

Death traps on the railway tracks

Rajaji: They may be the biggest mammals to walk the Indian jungles but when it comes to railways crossings, these mammoth creatures hardly match up to speeding trains. About 23 km of the railway tracks between the north Indian cities of Haridwar and Dehradun...

WTI rescue centre to open soon

Guwahati: Wildlife Trust of India, as part of Wild Rescue programme is establishing India’s first wildlife rehabilitation centre in northeast India, in the state of Assam. The centre will be involved in the rescue of wild animals, which have been...

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