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Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has instituted a scholarship programme in memory of the late Oponthung W Jami, a dedicated conservationist who worked as a forester with the Nagaland Forest...

WTI team members with Forest Department officials at one of the Legal Assistance Review Meetings   Wildlife offences are complex phenomena often resulting from an interplay of cultural, economic, social and environmental factors. At their centre of...

(From left to right) M Ali, Director of Kaziranga National Park, with Rekha Borah, w/o late Someshwar Borah, Gunada Gogoi, w/o late Liladhar Gogoi, and Subhasish Das, DFO, EAWL Division, after the presentation of insurance cheques under WTI’s Van Rakshak...

The male elephant calf rescued from the Amsorli area of Karbi Anglong, under stabilisation at CWRC’s large animal nursery on May 10, 2016.   CWRC, Kaziranga National Park: A male Asian elephant calf, estimated to be just over a year old, was rescued by...

The rescued bear cubs seem to be responding well at IFAW-WTI’s wildlife transit home at Charaikhola.   May 20, 2016: In the early hours of May 18, two Himalayan black bear cubs rescued by the Assam Forest Department were admitted to IFAW-WTI’s...

CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, July 15, 2016: A female Asian elephant calf rescued by the villagers of Chessa in Arunachal Pradesh’s Papum Pare district was admitted to IFAW-WTI’s Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) yesterday. The...

May 23, 2016: To coincide with the International Day for Biological Diversity, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), in partnership with Apollo Tyres, yesterday announced the launch of a critical mangrove restoration project in the Kannur district of Kerala.  ...

CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, July 17, 2016: A Pre-flood Awareness Meeting for community leaders of villages located on the fringes of Kaziranga National Park was organised at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) on July...

Participants at the biodiversity workshop held at Dawwa Gram Panchayat on May 22, the International Day for Biological Diversity Gondia, May 25, 2016: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), along with the Gopal Bahu Udheshiya Shikshan Sansthan and the Biodiversity...

CWRC, Assam, June 03, 2016: Veterinarians at IFAW-WTI’s Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) performed a successful surgical intervention to save an injured Burmese python earlier today.   The surgical team at CWRC operating on...

The female bear cub at CBRC headquarters, Pakke Tiger Reserve    CBRC, Pakke Tiger Reserve, June 06, 2016: A female Asiatic black bear cub found by villagers near the Biological Park in Itanagar, the capital city of Arunachal Pradesh, was admitted to...

CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, June 7, 2016: Responding to an emergency call from Diffloo Tea Estate near Kaziranga National Park, the Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) unit of IFAW-WTI’s Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) saved an...

CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, July 19, 2016: In the second major update to the story published here on June 24 regarding the rescue of a Burmese python and its clutch of eggs by CWRC, 28 snakelets were released into the wild on July...

Assam, June 8, 2016: An event celebrating World Environment Day, jointly organised by the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Chirang; District Administration, Chirang; International Fund for Animal Welfare and Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI); and the Assam Forest...

Pramila Rani Brahma, who recently took oath as the Minister of Environment and Forests of the newly-elected Government of Assam, visited IFAW-WTI’s Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) on June 8,...

Bibragre, Meghalaya, June 9, 2016: A football match was played on a village ground in the West Garo Hills of Meghalaya ten days ago. Now there may seem nothing particularly noteworthy in that – football is, after all, the most popular sport in Meghalaya,...

Gandak River, June 10, 2016: The Gandak River in Bihar had a special gift for the conservation fraternity on World Environment Day this year – hatchlings of the critically endangered gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), which hatched on June 5 and were noticed...

The first consultative Forest Circle meeting for the preparation of OSCOW-MAP in progress at the Chandaka Wildlife Division office Chandaka Wildlife Division, June 13, 2016: As part of the process of preparing the Odisha State Comprehensive Wildlife...

CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, July 19, 2016: A male Asian elephant calf, about one-and-a-half months old, was admitted to IFAW-WTI’s Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) for treatment and care on the afternoon of July 17. The calf had...

Kunhimangalam, Kerala, June 9, 2016: A one-day seminar on the ecological significance of mangrove ecosystems was organised on World Environment Day, June 5, at the site of the Kannur Kandal Project (Mangrove Conservation Project), launched last month by...