Whale shark underwater photography initiated in Gujarat
Veraval (Gujarat): Marine conservationists in the western Indian state of Gujarat have obtained first underwater photographs of a whale shark in India, to be used in scientific study of the species. Read more »
Tiger skin seized in Kerala; three arrested, search on for hunters
Kozhikode: A tiger skin was seized from three traders in Kozhikode district in Kerala following an undercover operation by the Forest Department earlier this month. The traders have been arrested and a search has been initiated to nab the people who killed the tiger. Read more »
Wildlife Board of Jammu & Kashmir meets to discuss challenges
Jammu: The State Board for Wildlife of Jammu & Kashmir met in Jammu yesterday to discuss issues and devise ways to tackle challenges to wildlife in the state. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah launched four Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) publications at the end of the meeting. Read more »
Manas (Assam): Three female greater one-horned rhinoceros were released in the wild from their temporary enclosure(boma) in Manas National Park in western Assam late last week. Read more »
Court grants bail to shahtoosh trade accused
New Delhi: The Court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Special Act) Dig Vinay Singh today, under strict conditions, granted bail to the Kashmir Government Arts Emporium Manager, who was arrested last week in the Indian capital for trade in banned shahtoosh shawls. Read more »
Two leopard skins seized near Valmiki Tiger Reserve
Valmikinagar (Bihar): The Bihar forest department assisted by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) seized two leopard skins and apprehended four wildlife traders in Valmikinagar near Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar, along the Indo-Nepal border, last week. Read more »
– by Prasanta Boro Tezpur (Assam): Wednesday began as a normal day for us at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) run by International Fund for Animal Welfare- Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI). We went about our daily tasks of feeding and tending to our resident patients. I […] Read more »
Forest Department frontline staff trained in Dachigam
Dachigam National Park (Jammu & Kashmir): The Department of Wildlife, Jammu & Kashmir and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), supported by the Care for the Wild International (CWI) organised a two-day intensive training for frontline staff of Dachigam National Park recently. Field kits to facilitate anti-poaching activities in the protected […] Read more »
Skin seized from Sreeleather showroom belongs to blackbuck, confirms ZSI
Kolkata: The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has confirmed that the skin seized from the premises of a Sreeleather showroom in Kolkata in May this year belongs to a blackbuck – a Schedule I species. Read more »
Wildlife enforcement workshop to control illegal trade in western Indo-Nepal border
Dharchula (Uttarakhand): For effective wildlife trade control across the porous Indo-Nepal border, authorities from India and Nepal met today for a two-day workshop, in the bordering town of Dharchula in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Read more »
