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Dhamlej, December 3, 2013: It takes a fishing village to save a...

Sutrapada (Gujarat), August 31, 2012: Taking Whale Shark conservation in the state of Gujarat to the next level, a “self documentation scheme” was launched last week to ensure minimum stress to whale sharks by speeding up rescue...

Mumbai, December 6, 2013: Maheshwar Basumatary aka Ontai, an animal keeper with IFAW-WTI’s Greater Manas Conservation Project has been honoured with this year’s prestigious Sanctuary Asia Wildlife Service...

Guwahati, 15th December 2013: IFAW-WTI in collaboration with Assam Forest Department is organising a four day ‘Disaster Relief Workshop and ERN meet’ for animal rescuers and rehabilitators from across the country, beginning...

CWRC, December 13, 2013: The male small-clawed otter pup being hand-reared at the IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) has begun fishing successfully, paving way for its planned rehabilitation back to the...

Andhra Pradesh, December 17, 2013: In a significant step forward in the fight against poaching, notorious poacher Ranjitsingh and two of his aides, Jagdish and Sarabjit, were arrested from the Vijaynagar area of Andhra Pradesh Sunday morning by a...

Dudhwa, December 17, 2013: WTI set up a livestock immunisation camp in three fringe villages of Dudhwa National Park, as part of the UP Carnivore Conservation Project, supported by Aircel...

Veraval (Gujarat), December 30, 2013: As the year comes to an end, India took another small step towards learning more about the whale shark. An individual was satellite-tagged to learn more about the movement/preferences of the world’s biggest...

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...