Seventh family of hoolock gibbons successfully translocated
Dello, March 1, 2014: The Arunachal Pradesh Forest Department and the International Fund for Animal Welfare-Wildlife Trust of India team have captured and translocated to safety, seventh of the stranded gibbon families in Dello village to Mehao WLS. Read more »
Short walk in Longwood (Nature Rambles)
Walk into the world of Nilgiris as Vivek Menon takes you on a virtual bird-watching trip at Longwood shola near Kothagiri. Read more »
A sensible pit (Species Specs)
WTI's ED and CEO Vivek Menon writes on one of nature's mysteries- the different morphs of the Malabar pit viper- as seen by him in the Wayanad corridor secured for elephants! Read more »
Plastic off the coast of Gujarat claims the life of a finless porpoise
Sutrapada, March 7, 2014: Plastic waste claimed another life after a finless porpoise (Neophocaedon phocanoides) was found washed ashore with plastic bags in its stomach on the coast of Sutrapada, by local fishermen on the morning of March 4. Read more »
Similipal Tiger Reserve gets a new Mobile Veterinary Service
Similipal Tiger Reserve, May 15, 2014: To facilitate rescue of wild animals in STR, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) in collaboration with the Forest Department and Animal Works (AW), has launched a Mobile Veterinary Service in the biosphere reserve. Read more »
Vivek Menon’s Indian Mammals – A Field Guide launched
Dehradun, May 20, 2014: Today saw the launch of Indian Mammals- A Field Guide, by the ED and CEO of WTI, Vivek Menon. The much-awaited second edition of the guide was launched in the Wildlife Institute of India by the Director of IGNFA R K Goel. Read more »
Tiger Watch Programme ends on a positive note
Panna Tiger Reserve, March 14, 2014: This year’s Tiger Watch Programme, jointly organised by IFAW-WTI in collaboration with the Global Tiger Forum (GTF) ended on a positive note for parties of India and Russia. Read more »
Notorious poacher Sansar Chand reported dead
Alwar, March 18, 2014: Notorious poacher Sansar Chand, accused of the trade and poaching of countless tigers has reportedly passed away in the Alwar District Hospital today. Read more »
Mehao, March 14, 2014: In what has been the quickest operation so far, the team from IFAW-WTI, in collaboration with the Arunachal Forest Department, have captured captured and released another family of the endangered Eastern hoolock gibbons. Read more »
March 31, 2014: WTI's Jose Louies recounts a visit to Central India, with the IFAW-WTI team, pondering if by creating alternative livelihoods in India, tigers and humans may live more peaceful lives. Read more »
