IFAW-WTI team reunites leopard cubs with mother in Assam
Tinsukia, Assam : The lessons learnt in the human-leopard conflict work shop early this year brought results when the WTI team successfully reunited two leopard cubs with their mother in Upper Assam. When the call came from Mr. Aniruddha Dey, the divisional forest officer of the Tinsukia wildlife division, in […] Read more »
Tiger framed in Black buck poaching case
Faridabad, Haryana: The special environment court in Faridabad in the northern Indian Haryana state Monday framed charges against former Indian cricket captain, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and seven others, in a case related to the poaching of a Black buck, an animal protected by law. Evidence of witnesses will be […] Read more »
Fishermen cut their fishing nets to free the 9th whale shark in Veraval
New Delhi: Fishermen have saved yet another whale shark in the Western Indian state of Gujarat, making it the 9th recorded case in one-and-a-half years. Conservationists are happy at the positive development, since fishermen who used to mercilessly kill them for profits before, have now turned protectors. In the latest […] Read more »
WTI releases book on wildlife law
New Delhi: A book on “Commentaries on Wildlife Law – cases, statutes and notifications” by WTI (Wildlife Trust of India) was released today by the Hon’ble former Justice of Supreme Court, Justice Leela Seth at a function organized at the India International Centre, New Delhi. The book is a first […] Read more »
WTI officer narrowly escapes leopard attack
Patna: A team of WTI and forest officials, who went to rescue a leopard in Balwapar village in Nalanda district in the Eastern Indian state of Bihar, were seriously injured when the animal attacked them in order to free itself. The incident occurred late afternoon in Balwapar village on May […] Read more »
Monkeys on a deathtrap in Uttrakhand
New Delhi: Monkeys lurking along the Haridwar-Dehradun highway in the Northern Indian state of Uttaranchal are being fatally injured every alternate day by speeding vehicles, and the situation could become worse if urgent action is not taken, said conservationists. Read more »
Japanese oversight flaws fatal to elephants
The Hague, Netherlands : An investigative report conducted by IFAW into Japan’s domestic ivory trade controls has uncovered numerous loopholes that allow illegal ivory from elephants poached in the wild to be laundered into the legal domestic ivory market. Read more »
IFAW pushes eBay to announce global ban of all ivory trade
The Hague, Netherlands: The International online commerce site eBay today said it will announce a ban on the trade of elephant ivory on all of its sites, prompting conservationists to call it a groundbreaking step against the global illegal ivory trade. Read more »
Tiger lovers around the world eagerly await Tuesday for the crucial vote here at the CITES meeting on the Chinese proposal to allow the resumption of trade in tiger derivatives and body parts. Read more »
Gujarat adopts WTI’s accident insurance scheme for forest staff
New Delhi: Gujarat becomes the 22nd state to be a part of the national insurance scheme initiated by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) that insures frontline forest staff against injury and death in protected areas of the state. Read more »
