Huge haul of Shahtoosh shawls in New Delhi
Delhi: In one of the biggest haul of shahtoosh shawls in recent history, a CBI team (Central Bureau of Investigation) seized 57 shahtoosh shawls Monday from three different traders from an upmarket hotel in south Delhi.… Read more ›
Train kills inebriated elephant after it killed its keeper
Panitola (Assam): An inebriated captive elephant was hit by a train and killed Wednesday as it strayed on to the tracks after killing one of its keepers in a fit of anger, officials said. The elephant,… Read more ›
Japan’s biggest ivory smuggler walks free, government schemes to market his contraband
Tokyo: A Japanese court let go the country's worst ivory smuggler with a most lenient penalty, while officials at the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry scheme to market his three tons of contraband into… Read more ›
Pobitora flooded: WTI sends life jackets for the patrolling staff
Pobitora (Assam):Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, which has the highest concentration of highly endangered Greater one horned rhinocerous, has been completely submerged by the current flood in the north-east Indian Assam state. The sanctuary has at least 70… Read more ›
Eight RAPs sanctioned in January
) The District Forest Officer (DFO) at Haridwar in Uttaranchal State, is facing an acute shortage of funds in the wake of the formation of the new State, and needs financial support to maintain the effectiveness… Read more ›
Landmark insurance scheme for frontline forest guards
New Delhi: On March 30, the Wildlife Trust of India launched a scheme of supplementary accident introduced of Protected Area staff, as part of its Van Rakshak Project. This landmark scheme brings all the field staff… Read more ›
Nepalese colonel charged with poaching
Nepal: The Chitwan District Forest Office (DFO) on March 9 arrested Royal Nepal Army (RNA) Colonel Dilip Shumsher Rana on a charge of having shot a barking deer in the Royal Chitwan National Park. But when… Read more ›
Corbett officials tense, as poachers still at large
New Delhi: Corbett National Park has reopened, tourists are going in again, and a calm of sorts prevails. Underneath the calm, tension among Park managers is palpable, because expert tribals believed to be from North Eastern… Read more ›
Ambulance for the Rehabilitation & Relocation Centre, Assam
New Delhi: A mobile wild animal clinic cum ambulance, purchased with a grant from the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, is being used for WTI's WILD RESCUE programme in Assam. While the… Read more ›
WTI sends emergency aid to Corbett Park to thwart poachers
New Delhi: To boost the morale of forest guards chasing a set of determined poachers who have already killed five tuskers in the core area of the Corbett tiger reserve, the Wildlife Trust of India has… Read more ›
