Further support provided to stakeholders for conservation of Greater Manas
Bansbari (Greater Manas): Working to secure Greater Manas, the Assam Forest Department, Bodoland Territorial Council and International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) provided support to various stakeholders to strengthen conservation initiatives in the landscape, at an event held today in Bansbari. The event also kickstarted […] Read more »
Wildlife Trust of India campaigns to sensitise railway staff on elephants
Guwahati: Continuing their efforts to mitigate elephant mortality due to train hits in Assam, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) held an interactive session with Loco Pilots, Loco Assistants, Loco inspectors and other staff of the Indian Railways, and discussed ways to find out solutions for this problem. Two sessions were held […] Read more »
In a descending chronological order: Miniature Portraits: Shawl for a legend Peruse through Vivek Menon’s blog on meeting one of the biggest legends of wildlife- Sir David Attenborough. Read about the conversations which ensued over Chardonnay and the very special shawl from Assam gifted to the luminary. Nature Rambles […] Read more »
Report: Indo-Russian Tiger Watch Programme (2013-14)
A ten-day long “Tiger Watch Programme”, jointly organised by (IFAW-WTI) in collaboration with the Global Tiger Forum (GTF), ended with a lot of positive hope for the well being of wild tigers in both India and Russia. Read more »
Rescued rhinos return to repopulate the wild in Manas after recovery under human care
Kaziranga (Assam): Two rescued rhinos – Maju and Raja, are on their way back to the wild in northeast India, after recovery under the care of the Assam Forest Department (AFD) and International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI). Covering a 450-km long journey from one […] Read more »
Deathly strokes threaten mongoose: Paint brushes for export abroad seized in Kolkata
New Delhi: ‘Think before you act’. As children, many of us learnt this moral through the popular fable – The Mongoose and The Farmer’s Wife. Now, the mongoose needs us to think and to act; and fast, before it is ‘painted’ out. Thousands of individuals are believed killed annually in […] Read more »
Researcher adds 38 new butterfly species to Dudhwa TR baseline
Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (Uttar Pradesh): A researcher with the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has identified 81 butterfly species in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh, adding 38 new species to the previous record of 43 species (http://www.dudhwatigerreserve.com/butterflies.html). “The diversity of life is the most striking aspect of our planet, and […] Read more »
Six hand-reared bear cubs to be rehabilitated in Mehao
Roing (Arunachal Pradesh), September 19 2013: Four displaced Asiatic black bear cubs are on their way back to the wild in Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary, after months of care at the Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) at Pakke Tiger Reserve. At Mehao, they will join two other cubs that are currently […] Read more »
At home in the wild: Rehabilitated bear spotted healthy and safe
Pakke Tiger Reserve (Arunachal Pradesh): IFAW-WTI’s Asiatic black bear rehabilitation programme in north-east India recorded yet another success as a hand-raised two-year-old, one of the five released in June 2011, was found ‘at home’ in the wild. The sub-adult was tracked in the Khari area of Pakke TR in Arunachal […] Read more »
Stars to get the homecoming they deserve
Chennai: About 500 Indian star tortoises, repatriated from Malaysia, were moved to the Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Chennai yesterday for appropriate care and eventual rehabilitation into the wild. The smuggled tortoises were returned to the country by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), after they were confiscated by authorities […] Read more »
