CWRC Hosts Pre-flood Awareness Meeting for Youth from Fringe Villages of Kaziranga
CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, June 14, 2017: A Pre-flood Awareness Meeting for select youth from villages located on the fringes of Kaziranga National Park was organised at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation on June 13. Read more »
Hand-raised at CWRC, Western Hoolock Gibbon Pair Released into the Wild
CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, June 14, 2017: A pair of western hoolock gibbons under long-term care at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation was released into the wild in the Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong landscape early yesterday morning. Read more »
WTI-Apollo Tyres Mangrove Conservation Project Celebrates World Environment Day with Schoolchildren
Kunhimangalam, Kerala, June 9, 2017: ‘Connecting People with Nature’ – the theme of this year’s World Environment Day celebrations – is exactly what Wildlife Trust of India and Apollo Tyres Ltd strive to do through the Kannur Kandal (Mangrove Conservation) project in Kerala. Read more »
Working with Local Students and Theatre Artistes, IFAW-WTI Organises Street Play about Manas
Chirang, Assam, June 06, 2017: In keeping with the World Environment Day theme of ‘Connecting People to Nature’, IFAW-WTI organised two street theatre performances with the students of Bahbari High School, Kuthurijhar yesterday. Read more »
Dia Mirza named Wildlife Trust of India’s Brand Ambassador
Mumbai, June 5, 2017: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) is pleased to announce this World Environment Day that Dia Mirza, actor, filmmaker, humanitarian and Champion of Nature, has formally joined the WTI team as its Brand Ambassador. Read more »
Panavally, June 02, 2017: We remember Lakshmy Awwa as she was seven years ago, preparing to leave her home in Kottapady for the last time. Slight and wizened, but carrying herself with an assurance unstooped by age. Read more »
WTI Rapid Response Team Rescues Conflict Leopard in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Sultanpur Forest Division, Uttar Pradesh, May 30, 2017: A Rapid Response Team established under WTI's Terai Tiger Project yesterday assisted the UP Forest Department in tranquilising and capturing a male leopard that had strayed into a house in Bhelara village, Kadipur Range, Sultanpur Forest Division. Read more »
West Bengal, May 25, 2017: The Greater short-toed lark arrives in large flocks from Russia, China and Mongolia, and makes its home mainly in the crop fields of the Birbhum, Murshidabad and Bardhaman districts of West Bengal between September and April. WTI launched a Rapid Action Project to curtail the rampant poaching of larks reported across the three districts. Read more »
Update: Rescued Jackal Pups at CWRC Get Some Bling!
CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, May 24, 2017: Rescued in late March by a Mobile Veterinary Service unit of CWRC, three Indian jackal pups under care at the centre each received an earring for post-release monitoring yesterday. Read more »
Elephant Calf Rescued, Reunited with Mother by MVS Team and Arunachal Forest Department
Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, May 21, 2017: Working in concert with the Arunachal Pradesh Forest Department, an IFAW-WTI MVS unit yesterday engineered the rescue of an elephant calf that had got stuck in a newly constructed water tank in A2 Village, Seijosa. Read more »
