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Phura (Mizoram):A rare Asian brown tortoise (Manouria emys) was rescued from a resident of Phura Village in the southern district of Saiha in Mizoram, and released into the wild by the members of the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) – Emergency Relief...

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to both the Union government and the Bihar government asking them to explain why the staff of Valmiki Tiger Reserve have not be paid their salaries on time, leading to the staff walking out of the park in October and...

Qinhai Forest Police arrested Mahakemu, a top criminal involved in one of the largest Tibetan Antelope poaching cases, after 15 days of chasing. With his arrest, all the five criminals involved in the poaching case of December 13, 2001 have been caught and...

Jodhpur, (Rajasthan) : In a major raid on stationery and hardware stores, the Rajasthan police yesterday seized 1254 illegal Mongoose hair brushes and detained five...

Cape Town, South Africa: Gunfire battle with poachers, ivory confiscations, and smuggler prosecution. All is a week’s work in a world of booming elephant ivory trade. On October 11, 93.9 kg (207 lbs) of elephant ivory was confiscated in Zambia. Again,...

Dudhwa (Uttar Pradesh) : The Forest Department officials of Dudhwa National Park arrested four persons in the South Kheri Range of the park on charges of possessing tiger parts. A tiger skin and tiger bones were seized on October...

Kaziranga: Floods in Kaziranga National Park are an annual occurrence, which claim the lives of many animals every single year. The IFAW-WTI-run CWRC, in the vicinity, has been assisting the FD in rescuing and rehabilitating animals for many...

Kaziranga (Assam) : A pregnant female rhino was poached in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, on Tuesday, October 23, bringing the total number of rhinos killed this year to 18. A .303 rifle was used, as against locally made hand guns in earlier incidents. The...

Behror, (Rajasthan) : Two years after reports of the disappearance of tigers from the Sariska Tiger Reserve, bringing into sharp focus the plight of India’s national animal and the serious poaching pressures it was under, the Rajasthan Forest Department...

Orang, Assam : In yet another incident of retaliatory killing, two tigers, a sub-adult male and another, whose gender could not be identified, were poisoned in the Orang National Park by angry villagers. The tigers had reportedly been preying on their cattle...

Kaziranga, Assam : Three watchtowers have been constructed in Lokhowjan, Rajabari and Borsapori in Assam to help the local farmers ward away the wild elephants from the nearby Kaziranga National Park. Wild elephants have been raiding their crops and causing...

Kaziranga: A rescued rhino calf, Purabi, under care at Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) was moved to Manas National Park today, to join an orphaned rhino calf being hand-reared...

Borgong, Assam : Reacting to the information given by the tea estate workers, an injured elephant calf was rescued from the Borgong area (under Sonitpur East division of Assam) on Friday and brought to the ‘Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and...

Mahabaleshwar: Eight people, including a police constable, were arrested for illegal wildlife trade and possession of animal articles in an extensive operation over the last few...

Kaziranga: An elephant calf admitted to the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) three months ago is now stable and has been welcomed by the four others being hand-reared by IFAW-WTI for reintegration in the...

Kaziranga(Assam): On September 23, 2007, a poacher, Gaonbura Ronfar was reportedly killed inside the Kaziranga National Park by an adult female rhino. Gaonbura Ronfar alias Kambura alias Babu was a resident of Natundanga village of Koliabor sub-division of...

Kaziranga, Assam: Poachers decoyed forest guards on Monday, 24 September with diversionary tactics, killed a rhino and escaped with its horn from the Kaziranga National Park(KNP) raising the number of rhino deaths in this park to 17 this...

Lucknow: Lucknow saw the unveiling by Aircel India of a Rapid Response Vehicle run by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), with support from the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department, as the company formally announced their CSR tie up with the...

Kaziranga, Assam: The rhino calf, whose mother was shot dead last Sunday by poachers on the edge of the Kaziranga National Park(KNP), was finally brought to its new home at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation & Conservation (CWRC) this...

Balipara (Assam) : A  15-day old elephant calf  was today rescued from near death  after it fell into a  deep and narrow tea estate drain in the north east Indian Assam...