CRPF firing range in Bannerghatta National Park being vacated
Bangalore: The Central Reserve Police Force is in the process of vacating the 553 acres that it had occupied in the reserve forest adjoining Bannerghatta National Park. On September 12, 2001, the Karnataka High Court, in a landmark judgement had stopped the CRPF from setting up a firing range inside […] Read more »
World’s largest tiger skin just a mouse-click away
New Delhi: For bazee.com, it was just another auction. But for Wildlife Trust of India it was an eye-opener. A tiger skin was under the hammer for $1 million on the site, and was being touted as the world’s largest tiger skin, at 11ft 7 inches. Read more »
WTI files writ petition to save the Sarus Crane’s habitat
New Delhi: The Allahabad High Court today admitted a writ petition that seeks to stop the Uttar Pradesh State Government from draining the wetlands in the districts of Etawah and Mainpuri, which provide shelter to the world’s largest concentration of Sarus Cranes. Read more »
Elephant dies of suspected poisoning in Rajaji
Rajaji: An elephant died of suspected poisoning near the Motichur Rest House in the Rajaji National Park. Some forest field staff found the tusker, around 14 to 16 years of age, when it was in a very weak condition and was bleeding from the mouth and anus, indicating that it […] Read more »
35 elephants have died since July in Assam
The words stare out at you “Paddy Thief”, scrawled in Assamese on the back of a dead female elephant, found recently in a paddy field on the outskirts of Tezpur town in Assam. The words obviously referring to the elephant herds that have frequently been raiding paddy fields that have […] Read more »
Ten hunters put down their bows and arrows in Simlipal
Mayurbhanj (Odisha): 10 Ho tribesmen living in and around Simlipal Tiger Reserve have put down their traditional hunting weapons vowing to not hunt wild animals again, after a series of awareness drives conducted by the FD and WTI, supported by DSWF. Read more »
Death traps on the railway tracks
Rajaji: They may be the biggest mammals to walk the Indian jungles but when it comes to railways crossings, these mammoth creatures hardly match up to speeding trains. About 23 km of the railway tracks between the north Indian cities of Haridwar and Dehradun run trough the Rajaji National Park […] Read more »
Wild Enforcement team assisted in 30 seizures since July 2001
New Delhi: Since July 2001, WTI’s enforcement assistance unit has been associated with at least 30 seizures: seven in July, three each in August and September, two in October, five in November, and six in December. Most seizures have taken place in U.P, Uttaranchal, and Himachal Pradesh. Several seizures have […] Read more »
Rhino poached in Pabitora WLS after a gap of 18 months
New Delhi: Poachers electrocuted one rhino in Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary on January 9, near its northeastern border near Kuranibari village. Two of the poachers were also electrocuted in the process, while the other two escaped. Police have recovered the horn from the residence of one of the poachers. Read more »
WTI rescue centre to open soon
Guwahati: Wildlife Trust of India, as part of Wild Rescue programme is establishing India’s first wildlife rehabilitation centre in northeast India, in the state of Assam. The centre will be involved in the rescue of wild animals, which have been injured, maimed, orphaned, sick, or stray, in addition to those […] Read more »
