20 years since ivory trade ban, elephants still threatened by poaching, stockpile sales
Delhi: Despite ivory trade being banned 20 years ago, hundreds, if not thousands, of wild elephants continue to fall prey to poachers across their distribution range, each year. Read more »
King cobra ‘rescued’ from a house in Assam
Haldibari (Assam): A 13-feet long king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) accidentally trapped in a house near Haldibari Reserve Forest in Assam, was ‘rescued’ by the Forest Department authorities assisted by International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) team, last week. The snake has been released in Haldibari. […] Read more »
Electric fencing villages near Kaziranga benefits people and animals
Kaziranga (Assam): Six villages in the fringes of Kaziranga National Park in the northeast Indian state of Assam, reported a six-fold increase in annual crop yield, this year. A 15 km stretch of electric fence installed with the aim to reduce crop depredation by wild animals as well as human-animal […] Read more »
Assam empowers Forest Department to use fire arms to protect its natural heritage
Guwahati (Assam): The Government of Assam has passed a notification to equip state Forest Department personnel with fire arms to ensure better protection to its forests and wildlife, particularly rhinos. The order released by the Governor’s office, last month, indicates that the decision was taken to tackle mounting threats to […] Read more »
Training frontline Forest Department staff in Kanha
Kanha NP (Madhya Pradesh): To further strengthen tiger protection in Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, the state Forest Department and International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI), supported by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) began the second phase of the ‘wildlife crime prevention’ training […] Read more »
Traps and Snares: Riddled Paths for Indian Wildlife
-By Sharada Annamaraju A tiger killed after getting caught in a snare in Bandipur National Park, Karnataka Delhi: Law is a curious, self limiting conundrum. While it attempts to delineate and sustain order, it cannot function in a foolproof manner unless everything under its ambit is spelt out well. Consider […] Read more »
Governments to crack down on poaching, trade to save wild tigers
Yarmouth Port (MA, USA): Conservationists from 13 tiger range countries met in Bali, Indonesia, along with the World Bank’s Global Tiger Initiative and partner organisations including the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW; www.ifaw.org), this week, to develop a concrete plan to reinvigorate the tiger population, pledging to double it […] Read more »
Confessions of an ivory poacher
Confessions of an ivory poacher -by Jose Louies, Assistant Manager, WTI Kuttampuza Forest Range (Kerala): “I stood here, hidden behind this tree. The tusker came to the clearings from the bushes, about 15 metres from me. I pulled the trigger” Aji confessed without remorse. Read more »
Displaced rhino calf reunited with mother
Kaziranga (Assam): A displaced rhino calf was successfully reunited with its mother in Haldibari Reserve Forest near Kaziranga National Park by the Assam Forest Department assisted by a team from the International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), […] Read more »
Tusker treated for wounds, released
Golaghat (Assam): The Assam Forest Department assisted by the International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India run Mobile Veterinary Services (MVS) attended to a case of an injured tusker found in Golaghat near Nambor, on Saturday. The tusker was tranquilised and successfully treated by the team. News […] Read more »
