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Nagbhid, January 5, 2014: Frontline forest staff of the Nagbhid and Chimur divisions gathered on Friday in the area to kick-start training on wildlife crime prevention, which is being conducted by IFAW-WTI, supported by the Maharashtra Forest...

Manas, January 6, 2013: On December 13, IFAW-WTI through a Rapid Action Project, made provisions for the Manas Maozigendri Ecotourism Society (MMES) after their anti-poaching camp had been burnt down by...

Panvel, January 7, 2014: The Maharashtra forest department, in an operation assisted by IFAW-WTI, arrested seven suspects in the last week of December in connection with the poaching and trade of a leopard skin and...

Kanpur, January 17, 2014: In a bid to strengthen the existing force of the forest staff of the UP Forest Department, International Fund for Animal Welfare-Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI), at the behest of the UP Government, has organised a...

Tiwari gaon, Lower Dibang Valley (Arunachal Pradesh), 20th January 2014: Mayodia model Village, a fringe village of Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary, with extremely irregular power supply, was empowered with solar energy equipment by Wildlife Trust of...

Ooty, August 29, 2013: Commemorating the completion of silver jubilee of India’s first biosphere reserve – the Nilgiris, experts from diverse backgrounds have congregated here for the National Conference on Nilgiri Biosphere...

Seven rare lesser adjutant stork chicks that had suffered injuries, some severe, following a storm which hit Kaziranga last week, are currently being treated at the IFAW-WTI run...

Kaziranga (Assam), September 10, 2013: Three small-clawed otter pups rescued from the floods in Kaziranga National Park last week are currently being hand-reared at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation...

Wokha, December 5, 2013: Over two months since the migratory Amur falcons’ arrival in Nagaland, not a single bird has been killed in their roosting site in Doyang Reservoir, reports the Amur Falcon Protection Squad...

Cochin, November13, 2013: IFAW-WTI efforts of elephant conservation in India received a royal boost as Prince Charles visited the Vazhachal Forest Range in Kerala and discussed threats plaguing the pachyderm and other...

Manas, Nov 17, 2013: Under the IFAW-WTI Wildlife Crime Prevention Training programme, 100 forest staff of Manas National Park, Manas Reserve Forest, Kachugaon Reserve Forest and Ripu Reserve Forest in Greater Manas are targetted to be...

Dello, November 20, 2013: Continuing efforts of conserving the last of India’s apes, the IFAW-WTI team in collaboration with the Arunachal Pradesh State Forest Department successfully captured and released two eastern hoolock...

Baksa, November 20, 2013: As part of the IFAW-WTI Animal Action Education Programme, the young boys and girls of Kahetima High School joined their teachers, local artists...

To sensitise the media to the nuances of wildlife conservation, with a concentration on human-animal conflict mitigation, a one day meet was organised by the WTI team with support from Aircel, on November 27 in Dudhwa National...

Udanti (Chhattisgarh), December 1, 2013: Adding another individual to the critically low population of the State Animal in Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary, the lone female wild buffalo gave birth to her fifth male calf this...

Bhavnagar, January 24, 2014: The year has started on a desolate note for conservationists and animal activists of Bhavnagar (Gujarat) and Jaipur (Rajasthan) with over 300 birds being severely injured in the kite flying festival of...

Simlipal, April 19, 2014: To facilitate rescue of wild animals in Simlipal Tiger Reserve (STR), (WTI) in collaboration with the Forest Department and Animal Works (AW), launched a rescue centre and Mobile Veterinary...

Patna (Bihar), April 19, 2014: Six captive-bred gharials (Gavialis gangeticus) were satellite-tagged and released in the River Gandak, bordering Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar, as part of the restocking of this critically-endangered reptile in the...

Delhi, January 7, 2014: An International Fund for Animal Welfare-Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) team rescued an adult male nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) from the heart of a busy locality in south Delhi on Friday, January...

New Delhi, April 24, 2014: Mark Shand, Founder of UK-based charity Elephant Family, and a close friend of the WTI family, passed away yesterday following an unfortunate accident at an event hosted to raise funds for wildlife conservation in New...