Unveiling a new beginning in the Dudhwa landscape
Lucknow: Lucknow saw the unveiling by Aircel India of a Rapid Response Vehicle run by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), with support from the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department, as the company formally announced their CSR tie up with the organisation. Read more »
Another Rhino poached in Kaziranga, toll 17
Kaziranga, Assam: Poachers decoyed forest guards on Monday, 24 September with diversionary tactics, killed a rhino and escaped with its horn from the Kaziranga National Park(KNP) raising the number of rhino deaths in this park to 17 this year. Read more »
New home for rhino calf orphaned by poachers
Kaziranga, Assam: The rhino calf, whose mother was shot dead last Sunday by poachers on the edge of the Kaziranga National Park(KNP), was finally brought to its new home at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation & Conservation (CWRC) this afternoon. Read more »
15 – day elephant calf rescued
Balipara (Assam) : A 15-day old elephant calf was today rescued from near death after it fell into a deep and narrow tea estate drain in the north east Indian Assam state. Read more »
WTI – IFAW team rescues orphaned rhino
Kaziranga, Assam : A rhino calf, whose mother had been shot dead by poachers two days ago in a tea estate on the edge of the Kaziranga National Park(KNP), was rescued last evening by a joint team of the Assam Forest Department, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the International […] Read more »
Asiatic black bears successfully rehabilitated in Arunachal
Arunachal Pradesh: Five Asiatic black bear cubs are being taken for walks daily by a human surrogate mother in the deep jungles of Khari Pong in Arunachal Pradesh as part of a plan to release them in the wild. The cubs were rescued from different people in Assam and Arunachal […] Read more »
Heavy rains innundate Kaziranga yet again
Kaziranga, Assam: After several days of incessant rain about 80% of Kaziranga National Park in North-eastern India has once again been inundated. The level of water in the park is around knee-high in some areas and higher in others. Read more »
Beleaguered CEC gets a new lease of life
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday gave its forest conservation watchdog body a fresh lease of life in the face of strong opposition from Ministry of Environment and Forests.Ensuring that proper disposal of petitions dealing with violation of laws protecting wildlife habitat continues, the Supreme Court Friday ruled that the […] Read more »
Sansar Chand faces new charges
New Delhi: Charges wereframed against notorious wildlife criminal Sansar Chand on Thursday, September 6 in a leopard skin seizure case that came up for hearing after 12 years. Read more »
Justice delayed but not denied
New Delhi: In what promises to be a victory for the cause of controlling the trade of Shahtoosh, the Delhi High Court on Monday, September 3 dismissed the petition of the Cottage Industries Exposition (CIE), caught exporting Shahtoosh shawls to a London firm. A consignment of twelve Shahtoosh shawls was […] Read more »
