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Sutrapada, March 7, 2014: Plastic waste claimed another life after a finless porpoise (Neophocaedon phocanoides) was found washed ashore with plastic bags in its stomach on the coast of Sutrapada, by local fishermen on the morning of March...

Panna Tiger Reserve, March 14, 2014: This year’s Tiger Watch Programme, jointly organised by IFAW-WTI in collaboration with the Global Tiger Forum (GTF) ended on a positive note for parties of India and...

Alwar, March 18, 2014: Notorious poacher Sansar Chand, accused of the trade and poaching of countless tigers has reportedly passed away in the Alwar District Hospital...

Mehao, March 14, 2014: In what has been the quickest operation so far, the team from IFAW-WTI, in collaboration with the Arunachal Forest Department, have captured captured and released another family of the endangered Eastern hoolock...

March 31, 2014: WTI's Jose Louies recounts a visit to Central India, with the IFAW-WTI team, pondering if by creating alternative livelihoods in India, tigers and humans may live more peaceful...

Dehradun, May 20, 2014: Today saw the launch of Indian Mammals- A Field Guide, by the ED and CEO of WTI, Vivek Menon. The much-awaited second edition of the guide was launched in the Wildlife Institute of India by the Director of IGNFA R K...

Manas (Bodoland, Assam), April 11, 2014: Four orphaned Asian elephant calves were moved to Manas National Park this week by the Assam Forest Department and International Fund for Animal Welfare - Wildlife Trust of India...

Kaziranga, April 2, 2014: In a bid to boost conservation efforts amongst the locals of Wokha district, an exposure visit to Kaziranga was organised in March 2014 for the members of the village council as well as other members of the...

Pandharkawada, April 8, 2014: In a quick operation over April 3 and 4, the Maharashtra Forest Department with the assistance of Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) seized one leopard skin and two nails near Pandharkawada, around 150 km away from...

New Delhi, May 22, 2014: Three students from South India and seven others have been declared winners and runners-up for the national level painting competition on the theme ‘Elephants, Never Forget’, organised as part of the IFAW-WTI AAE...

Port Blair, May 22, 2014: On the International Day for Biological Diversity, Junagadh Forest Division stood 2nd in the Indian Bio - Diversity Award under co-management category for involvement of community and government, in saving the whale...

Pench Tiger Reserve, May 26, 2014: At least 250 frontline staff of Pench TR, Madhya Pradesh, will be trained by IFAW-WTI under their Wildlife Crime Prevention Training programme, in collaboration with the State Forest Department starting...

Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, May 27, 2014: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), in collaboration with the U P Forest Department, supported by Aircel, installed ten solar street lights in the fringe village of Azad Nagar (bordering Sathiyana Range of Dudhwa...

An account by WTI's Ramith Meledath of his excursion in the Wayanad corridor, secured by WTI and the chance encounters with three elephants, a gaur and a...

While attending a reception hosted by The Linnanean Society, Vivek Menon was one of the lucky few to see, hold and read the Linnanean listing of elephants! Read his blog as he talks about the relic and its...

Srinagar, May 31, 2014: The Jammu and Kashmir book launch of Vivek Menon's Indian Mammals- A Field Guide took place today in the picturesque valley of Srinagar where Vice Chancellor of University of Kashmir, Mr A N Shah launched the...

New Delhi, June 5, 2014: The much-awaited guide was launched by Shri Prakash Javadekar, the Hon’ble Minister of Environment and Forests, at an event by the Ministry on the occasion of World Environment...

Ahmedabad, June 5, 2014: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) is participating in the biggest and longest environment festival of Gujarat - the Ahmedabad World Environment Day Festival, organised by WAY with the support of United Nation Education...

In his Miniature Portrait, Vivek Menon talks about Jose Louies (WTI's Regional Head for South India & Wildlife Trade Control). From his love of snakes to being a self-taught apiculturist, the CEO of WTI explores Jose's more hidden and obvious...

Gondia (Maharashtra), June 5, 2014: A wide range of stakeholders came together this World Environment Day to facilitate collaborative and coordinated interventions to secure the critical Nagzira-Nawegaon corridor in Gondia...