Kaziranga: Amid Durga puja celebrations across the northeastern state of Assam, the staff at the Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) in Kaziranga labored to provide motherly comfort to yet another rescued elephant calf in the centre. With the arrival of this five week old female elephant calf at […] Read more »
Whale Shark Rescued and Released off Gujarat Coast
Sutrapada: History repeated itself when yet another whale shark that was trapped in fishing nets off the coast of Gujarat was rescued in a joint operation conducted by the Gujarat Forest Department and the Department of Fisheries with the expert assistance of local fishermen. Read more »
Green Governance Award Lauds Corporate-NGO Partnership
Mumbai: Tata Chemicals has won the Green Governance Award 2005 for its project – Conservation of the Whale Shark. The award will be given by Dr. Manmohan Singh, Hon. Prime Minister of India on November 10, 2005 at a ceremony in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. Read more »
“Right of passage,” a ready reckoner of elephant corridors
New Delhi: The book “Right of Passage,” a compilation of identified ‘corridors’ in ten elephant bearing states in the country was released today by the Hon’ble Union Minister for Environment & Forests (MoEF) Thiru A Raja at India International Center in New Delhi. Read more »
Workshop to sensitize officials on avian flu
Jalandhar: Fear of the deadly H5N1 virus that plagued most of Europe, Africa, and Asia in the last fortnight catalyzed a workshop organized by the Punjab Forest Department. The workshop trained NGOs and forest officials to mitigate the crisis in the event of the outbreak of avian flu in India. Read more »
Manas set to revive its old shine
Manas: This December, Manas Wildlife Sanctuary in lower Assam will celebrate its centenary year with a host of activities both for the foreign as well as domestic tourists to experience wildlife in its habitats of a World Heritage Site. The celebrations are scheduled to start from 12 December, which would […] Read more »
Workshop on Wildlife Rehabilitation in New Delhi
New Delhi: In order to encourage wildlife rescue and rehabilitation efforts in a humane and scientific way, the Wild Rescue Program of the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) is organizing its fourth annual training workshop on Wildlife Rehabilitation in Delhi, exclusively for wildlife rehabilitators in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Uttaranchal, Uttar […] Read more »
WTI Trustee Dr. R.Sukumar receives “The Khoshoo Memorial Award, 2004”
New Delhi: WTI Trustee Dr.R.Sukumar won the Inagural T.N.Khoshoo Memorial Award, 2004 in a glittering ceremony held at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi. The award was instituted by the T.N.Memorial Endowment Fund. Read more »
Wildlife traders held in Kangra
Kangra: A joint operation led by the Station House Officer (SHO) Shahpur of Himachal Pradesh Police and the Enforcement Division of Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) have resulted in the recovery of two bear biles, three leopard skins and a jungle cat skin from two illegal wildlife traders in the […] Read more »
Chiru called Yingying, Olympic Mascot of Beijing
New Delhi: The Tibetan antelope, friendly Yingying is all set to shake hands with the world as one among five symbols chosen as the mascots of the Beijing Olympics. Conservationists at the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) reveled at this announcement that was made by the Olympic Committee in China […] Read more »
