Four-day workshop on Prevention of Illegal Wildlife Trade Training (PIWTT) kicks off in Bhutan
Paro, Bhutan: Jointly conducted by trainers from International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), this workshop will initiate the much needed capacity building among enforcement authorities to deal with illegal wildlife trade. The participants are from the Bhutan’s Department of Forest and Park Services, Army, […] Read more »
Conflict elephant evades “death sentence”
Rajaji National Park (Uttarakhand): An adult tusker, allegedly involved in human elephant conflict, was captured from Narendranagar Forest Division and relocated to the Chilla Range of the Rajaji National Park on Saturday in a joint operation by the Uttarakhand Forest Department, Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and the Wildlife Trust […] Read more »
IFAW-WTI train Bhutan forest staff in rescue and rehabilitation
Paro (Bhutan): Initiating trans-border cooperation for conservation of wildlife in the subcontinent, a capacity building programme on wildlife rescue and rehabilitation was organised last week for 21 personnel from the Department of Forest and Park Services (DOFPS), Bhutan and two interns by a team of experts from the International Fund […] Read more »
Five years imprisonment for tiger poacher
Alwar (Rajasthan): Accused in six cases of tiger poaching, Jiwan Das – an associate of the notorious poacher Juhru, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by a court here on Friday. Read more »
Accused of poaching tiger, three denied bail
New Delhi: Three persons, accused of poaching tiger in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, were denied bail earlier this week by the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Champawat. Read more »
Aid for Greater Manas during the festive season
Kokrajhar (Bodoland, Assam): Continuing to strengthen conservation of Greater Manas landscape, aid was provided to various stakeholders under the Greater Manas Conservation Fund (GMCF) at an event held today in Kokrajhar. Read more »
Orphaned black bears under rehabilitation in Mehao WLS; 26 cubs rehabilitated since 2006
Roing (Arunachal Pradesh): Four orphaned Asiatic black bear cubs have been moved to Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary for rehabilitation in the wild. This brings the number of this species rehabilitated through a soft-release protocol in northeast India to 26, beginning in 2006. Read more »
A first-hand account by Divya Srinivasan, General Manager, Campaigns at WTI, who ventured out with the rescue team to witness a rescue operation and management of human-elephant conflict. New Delhi: With the Haathi Mere Saathi Campaign being in the planning stage, it was a usual afternoon in office for me […] Read more »
Global Buddhist Congregation endorses global declaration on environment preservation
New Delhi: Buddhist scholars and environment conservationists on Monday endorsed a global declaration to apply Buddhist principles in societal, consumer and political decision-making frameworks to address the current environmental crisis. Read more »
Endangered gibbons translocated to safety in India
Roing (Arunachal Pradesh): A rescue operation to save an isolated group of endangered Hoolock gibbons began on Sunday in the remote village of Dello in northeast India. Stranded in small clusters of trees, the gibbons are some of the last apes found in India. The first two individuals were successfully […] Read more »
