Two leopard skins seized and three people arrested in UP
New Delhi: Late last night three people were caught red handed and arrested with two leopard skins in western Uttar Pradesh. The traders had been tracked in decoy deals over several months by members of the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UP STF) and Wildlife Trust of India’s (WTI’s) enforcement […] Read more »
Rhino treated for injury in the wild
Kaziranga, Assam: An adult one horned rhino was treated for an injury today in Kaziranga National Park. “The rhino was sighted by Forest Department personnel this morning in the Burapahar range; they noticed the injury and informed us,” narrates Phulmoni Gogoi, WTI-IFAW veterinarian. Read more »
Assam authorities discuss WTI-recommendations to mitigate elephant deaths in train accidents
Guwahati (Assam): Senior officials of the Assam Forest Department, Northeast Frontier Railway and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), met yesterday at the Assam State Zoo to formulate strategies to mitigate elephant deaths in railway accidents in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. Read more »
2008 IUCN Red List surprise: Greater one-horned rhinos ‘not’ endangered
Delhi: The greater one-horned rhinoceros is no longer ‘endangered’, according to the 2008 IUCN Red List update. This, despite the fact that a single epidemic could wipe out about three quarters of the world’s population which inhabits Kaziranga National Park in Assam. The total world population of these rhinos is […] Read more »
Delhi High Court dismisses plea of shatoosh shawl trader
New Delhi:The efforts to save the Tibetan Antelope got a boost yesterday when Delhi High Court dismissed the plea of a shahtoosh shawl trader to stay proceedings against him brought about on charges of possessing shahtoosh shawls. The origin of the Mohammed Ishaaq Baig versus State case goes back […] Read more »
IFAW helps Australia’s wildfire animal victims
Whittlesea (Australia): The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org ) has sent an Emergency Relief team to help wild and domestic animals affected by the devastating fires in Victoria, Australia. Read more »
Tata Chemicals Limited pledges Rs 20 million
Ahmedabad (Gujarat): Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL), the Gujarat Forest Department and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) today joined hands to start a pioneering conservation project on whale shark and coral reefs. Read more »
WTI-IFAW recommended Kashmir Pashmina GI awarded
Delhi: Ending two years of litigation the Kashmir Handmade Pashmina Promotion Trust (KHPPT) and the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) on the one hand, and the Crafts Development Institute (CDI) and the Tahafuz, on the other, resolved their differences leading to the award of Geographical Indications of Goods patent to […] Read more »
Court dismisses wildlife trader’s appeal
Alipurduar (West Bengal): The Additional District Judge of Alipurduar, West Bengal, yesterday rejected the appeal of Ratiram Sharma, the notorious wildlife trader, upholding his conviction and sentence, announced by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Alipurduar, on November 24, 2006. Sharma had been sentenced to an imprisonment for five years and […] Read more »
Leopard cats being hand-raised at CWRC
Kaziranga (Assam): Two female leopard cats are being cared for at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), run by the International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI), near Kaziranga National Park, Assam. After their hand-raising, attempts will be made to rehabilitate them into the […] Read more »
