Flood relief operations in Bihar continue in the face of new challenges
Forbesganj (Bihar): Water level in the flood-hit East Indian state of Bihar is gradually receding in places. However, the animal toll is not expected to stop at the current official number of 131. Over 23,000 cattle are estimated to have been affected by the flood in two districts of Araria and Supaul alone. […] Read more »
WTI-IFAW Project Ensures Zero Elephant Deaths on Rajaji Railway Track
Rajaji NP (Uttarakhand): Recommendations of a Wildlife Trust of India-International Fund for Animal Welfare study done in 2001 have ensured zero elephant deaths in train accidents on a railway track that crosses the forests of the Rajaji National Park in the northern Indian Uttarakhand state. Read more »
Altering lifestyles for tiger conservation in Valmiki
Valmiki (Bihar): Sitting on a newly-constructed platform underneath a mango tree, the villagers of Majuraha discuss conservation of tigers in nearby Valmiki Tiger Reserve in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. While they express their interest in wildlife, they enthusiastically propose alternatives to reduce their dependence on the forest and […] Read more »
Endangered Hoolock gibbon rehabilitated successfully in Assam
Kaziranga (Assam): For the first time in India, a captive-reared female Hoolock gibbon was successfully rehabilitated in the wild near Kaziranga National Park, last week, by the Department of Environment and Forests, Assam, in collaboration with the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and its international partner, the International Fund for […] Read more »
Ivory Trade Sink Hole Unplugged
Delhi: Three Chinese nationals were arrested in Kenya for trying to smuggle illegal ivory products, a Kenyan news website reported. The arrest was made at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, from where the “tourists” were to return to China with about 2.2 kg of ivory that was seized from them. Read more »
United and prepared, agencies face floods in Kaziranga
Kaziranga (Assam): Heavy rain in the last few days has resulted in flooding in Kaziranga National Park and animal displacement has begun. The Assam Forest Department and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) supported by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) have responded by gearing up their flood management measures. […] Read more »
IFAW-WTI step up emergency relief in Bihar
By Aniruddha Mookerjee Forbesganj, Bihar: An International Fund for Animal Welfare and Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) Emergency Relief team camping in the flood hit northern Bihar has treated over 6000 cattle and livestock, that escaped the fury of the catastrophic floods, but were starving. Read more »
Czechs convicted of insect theft
Darjeeling (West Bengal): The two Czech nationals Petr Svacha and Emil Kucera accused of unauthorisedly collecting rare insect species from Singhalila National Park were today convicted of their crime by the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of Darjeeling. Read more »
IFAW-WTI begins rescue operation in flood-hit Bihar
IFAW-WTI staff ensure food availabilty for cattle affected by flood New Delhi: Even as the Kosi River continues to wreak unprecedented havoc in the lives of humans and animals alike in Bihar, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) have dispatched a team of veterinarians […] Read more »
CITES Standing Committee releases ivory to China – the world’s largest illegal market
Geneva (Switzerland): Dealing a major blow to elephant conservationists, the 57th session of the Standing Committee for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), yesterday approved China as an importer for 108 tonnes of elephant ivory, on for sale from four southern African nations. Read more »
