Inviting Ideas to Save Elephants in India

Throughout India, the elephants are running out of space and time. The spread of human settlements, plantations, farming, mining and railways is squeezing elephant populations into decreasing pockets of forest. Those that survive are forced into areas of human activity, if not just to pass between forest patches, then directly to feed on crops. The once harmonious relationships between elephants and people are breaking down, and both are getting killed all too frequently when conflict becomes extreme. We need Solutions to save the elephants and people. Read more »

Wildlife Crime Prevention Training conducted for Madhya Pradesh Forest Staff

Madhya Pradesh, April- June 2018: As part of the continuing efforts under its Van Rakshak Project to train, equip and boost the morale of frontline forest staff across the country, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), in partnership with the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department Read more »

Gharials bless the Gandak river with gen next

Valmikinagar 22 nd June 2018. Gharial - the fish-eating long-snouted crocodilian is bolstering its population in the Gandak River flowing through the plains of the northern state of Bihar. Encouraging news coming in from the field where the team of WTI biologist, local villagers Read more »

Rapid Action Project (RAP) – First Aid Kit Distribution in Dudhwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh

''The Wildlife Warden of Dudhwa National Park Mr. D.K. Chaturvedi, presided over the event and distributed the kits to the frontline forest staff posted across chowkis and beats falling within the 5 ranges of Dudhwa National Park'' Read more »

Gaj Yatra Rolls Out in Meghalaya

Led by partners Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Gaj Yatra is the biggest event ever planned around India’s National Heritage Animal – the Asian elephant. It will move through 12 elephant range States over the next few months, generating a groundswell of popular and policy support to help secure Right of Passage for elephants through 101 vital migratory corridors mapped across India. Read more »

Wildlife Trust of India and IFAW Conduct Regional Workshop on Mitigating Human-Snake Conflict in North-east India

Manas National Park, Assam, May 20, 2018: A two-day Regional Workshop on best practices for mitigating human-snake conflict in North-east India was organised by IFAW-WTI at Manas National Park, Assam on 19-20 May 2018 Read more »

Wildlife Trust of India team ensures safe reunion of leopard cubs with their mother at Rangagora Tea Estate, Tinsukia

Rangagora Tea Estate, Guijan, Tinsukia, May 16, 2018: A heartwarming story of lost and found reunion of three leopard cubs with their mother played out at the Rangagora Tea Estate through 12-13 May, 2018. Read more »

WTI’s Rapid Response Team Assists Uttar Pradesh Forest Department in the Rescue and Release of Sub-Adult Female Leopard Trapped in a Room

Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh, May 16, 2018: A sub-adult female leopard that was trapped in a room after accidentally injuring a man in the village of Gulra, Katerniaghat Range, was rescued and subsequently released back into the wild Read more »

Wildlife Trust of India Launches a New Rapid Response Team in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve

Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh, 14th May 2018: To address and mitigate human wildlife conflict in the Dudhwa-Pilibhit Landscape, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) launched its second Rapid Response Team (RRT) in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve. Read more »

Hand-raised at CBRC, Three Orphaned Bear Cubs Rehabilitated into the Wild

Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, May 07, 2018: On April 13, three Asiatic black bear cubs that had been hand-raised at the Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) were released into the wild following the completion of their 'soft release' protocol. Read more »