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Noida, April 22, 2015: On the occasion of world Earth Day IFAW-WTI announced the winners of National Level Painting Competition organized as a part of International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India – Animal Action Education (AAE)...

CWRC, Kaziranga, April 23: A hog deer with puncture wounds was rescued and brought to IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation (CWRC) by the forest staff of the Kaziranga NP. The CWRC team found the injured animal on the outskirts of the central range...

Baithalangshu, Assam, April 25: The IFAW-WTI team rescued an injured female elephant calf from a village in Karbi Anglong district of Assam on April 24. After initial assessment, the animal was shifted to CWRC for further treatment and...

Jamuguri, May 3, 2015: After spending more than a week at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) -- the IFAW-WTI wildlife care facility in Assam-- a female sub-adult slow loris was released back to the...

Agoratoli, Kaziranga, May 1, 2015: A 13-foot long King cobra was put back to the wild by the IFAW-WTI RUN mobile veterinary service unit of Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) at the eastern range of Kaziranga National...

Jasrota, April 22, 2015: For the first time in J&K, WTI in collaboration with the state Forest Department conducted a three-day training workshop from April 20-23, for the field staff on Human Wildlife Conflict Mitigation at Jasrota,...

Kaziranga, May 1, 2015: In a swift operation that lasted all of an hour, the IFAW-WTI team from the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) rescued and released a Tokay gecko back to the wild near Kaziranga NP in...

In a decision by the Assam Forest Department nine vultures that survived poisoning and were rescued from Chengeligaon under Doomdooma Forest Division (Talap Range), were released back in to the...

Itanagar, May 2, 2015:The IFAW-WTI run CBRC rescued two Asiatic black bear cubs from a family in Itanagar. As it was too late for experts from IFAW-WTI to attempt a reunion with the mother, the team took possession of the cubs for hand...

Dr. Samshul Ali, a veterinarian with IFAW-WTI’s EA MVS Unit, recalls his experiences of saving the beautiful Burmese pythons in Assam. He mentions that his heart bleeds when this magnificent specie becomes a victim of human...

Kaziranga, May 16, 2015: A lone male elephant calf was rescued by the villagers and Forest Department from Sonpura Range in Arunachal Pradesh. The calf was taken to CBRC and later shifted IFAW-WTI run...

Maharajgunj, May 22, 2015: In an exercise supported by WTI, grassroots level Sarus Protection Committees counted sarus cranes in Maharajganj district of Eastern UP. Altogether, 829 sarus cranes were counted during this community based...

Dr Panjit Basumatary is elated. A rhino calf found in the backyard of a house, attacked by a tiger, recovers from his injuries and walks into the open for the first time. IFAW-WTI veterinarian, Dr Basumatary, recounts his experience of saving this...

Ram Terang, May 25, 2015: In a significant development, WTI allotted houses to 19 families of Ram Terang Village in a lottery draw. These families had voluntarily decided to relocate from the village located within the Kalapahar-Doigurung...

Sondlagondi, May 28, 2015: Villagers give gifts to brides during weddings and to see an improved cook stove, developed by WTI, being given away as gift proves how WTI’s activities in the village have become part part of this age old...

CWRC, May 23, 2015: A male western hoolock gibbon was admitted to the IFAW-WTI run CWRC on May 23. The five-year-old animal was confiscated by couple of journalists from locals and handed over to the Forest Department who brought it to...

Sivasagar, April 9, 2015: In joint operation with the Assam Forest Department, IFAW-WTI team today released five Himalayan griffons back into their habitat in Sivasagar district of Assam. These vultures were poisoned and treated at IFAW-WTI run...

Burhachapori Wildlife Sanctuary, Sonitpur District, Assam, 19 April 2015: Two wild buffaloes hand raised at the IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), were released back to the wild in Burhachapori Wildlife Sanctuary (BWLS)...

In this blog, WTI's Pow Aim Hailowng remembers the day when she volunteered to capture nilgai from IGI Airport. Pow recounts her experiences of capturing these magnificent creatures and releasing them in a safer habitat away from human...

Maharashtra, May 29, 2015: An awareness programme held last year has evolved into the concept of citizen scientist in the Nagzira- Navegaon corridor. Three children and a young man from the area have become Wildlife Watchers to document...