Nine receive this year’s Venu Menon National Animal Awards
New Delhi: For the eighth consecutive year, the Venu Menon National Animal Awards ceremony was hosted at the Lakshmipat Singhania Auditorium in PHD House in New Delhi on February 19. Nine individuals received the awards from the Chief Guest, Dr. Najma Heptulla. Read more »
Young brigade on a novel voyage
Mussoorie: To educate Tibetan school children about our rich wildlife heritage and its significance to earth, the Winterline Nature Trust and the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) organized a wildlife safari for a group of children from the Tibetan Home Foundation (THF) to National Parks in Uttaranchal. Read more »
Ladakh officials trained on avian flu
Ladakh: Jammu and Kashmir is on high alert following cases of the avian flu in Maharastra and Gujarat. The Wildlife Department of J & K sent a request to the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) to train its officials on the preventive measures to be adopted, in case of a […] Read more »
Livelihood alternatives for Kalandars
Bhopal: A tough task of finding alternative livelihoods got underway for the Kalandars at the Kotra Sultanabad settlement in Bhopal. The Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has invited the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, Madhya Pradesh (CEDMAP) to train a group of Kalandars in various skills later this month. Read more »
CEC orders removal of illegal constructions
New Delhi: The Supreme Court constituted Central Empowered Committee (CEC) after a site inspection in the Okhla Bird Sanctuary today has ordered the concerned departments to remove all illegal constructions. The petition was filed by Faiyaz. A. Khudsar of the Biodiversity Conservation Trust of India in 2004 seeking legal protection […] Read more »
Sutrapada: Parbatlala Fulbaria was surprised to find a whale shark entangled in his fishing net in one of his daily trip to the sea. The fishing boat named ‘Parasmani’ in which he was traveling looked diminutive in contrast to the giant whale shark, estimated to be 45 feet long. Read more »
Wildlife trader sentenced by Delhi court
New Delhi: Ashok Nath, a notorious wildlife trader was sentenced to three years and six months of rigorous imprisonment today within a record time. Sanjeev Jain, the Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, sentenced Nath for illegal trading of three leopard skins under section 51 (1 A) of the Wildlife (Protection) Act […] Read more »
Workshop on wildlife rehabilitation at Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam: The fifth annual workshop on wildlife rehabilitation concluded today at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. It was organized from March 27 to 29 by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) in partnership with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). Read more »
‘Spring Teaching’ of His Holiness – Conserve wildlife
Dharamsala: About thirty thousand Tibetans who had gathered for the ‘spring teaching’ of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala were also made aware of the need to conserve wildlife. Read more »
Elephant rescued from illegal captivity
Panipat: A seriously ailing elephant was seized by the Haryana Forest Department near Panipat yesterday after the mahout was found begging on the street of Dhand in the Kaithal district of Haryana with the animal. Read more »
