Hanging Bridge Inaugurated at Jade Gindam Village in Meghalaya
A hanging bridge built by WTI and WLT for the people of Jade Gindam Village was inaugurated on June 3. The construction of the bridge has brought relief to the villagers who were cut off from mainland during monsoons. Read more ›
Dr Jahan Ahmed writes a first-person account of moving four Asiatic black bear cubs from the IFAW-WTI’s Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation to their acclimatization site. Read more ›
Ex-gratia Support Provided to Injured Forester in Manas NP
Bongaigaon, May 20, 2015: As part of the IFAW-WTI Supplemental Accident Insurance Scheme, ex-gratia support of Rs 25,000 was handed over to Mr. Ananta Ray. A Forester-I employed in the Panbari Range of Manas NP, he was attacked by a wild elephant. Read more ›
Female Elephant Calf Admitted to CWRC
Kaziranga, October 30, 2015: A two month old female elephant calf has been admitted to IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) on October 28, 2015. Read more ›
Pre- Flood Awareness campaign in Kaziranga
Kaziranga, June 15, 2015: With increasing possibility of Kaziranga National Park being inundated by the raging Brahmaputra, IFAW-WTI-run CWRC has started pre-flood awareness campaign for the safety of wildlife in the fringe villages around the park Read more ›
Falcon Festival: An Ode to Amur Falcon
Umrangso, October 31, 2015: The town of Umrangso in Assam witnessed two days that had fun, music and dance written all over it. The town got together to celebrate the first ever two day Falcon Festival organised by Blue Hills Society and supported b Read more ›
WTI Provides Compensation to Tiger Attack Victim in Wayanad
Wayanad, June 3, 2015: WTI under its Executive Director’s Discretionary Grant provided Rs 20,000 to a tiger attack victim near Wayanad WLS. The cheque was handed over to him at the hospital by the Range Forest Officer in the presence of WTI team Read more ›
Training of Trainers Programme Held at Wardha
Wardha, October 30, 2015: Under the Working with Communities initiative, WTI in technical collaboration with Centre of Science for Villages organised a three-day training programme for six SHG members at Women’s Science Park in Wardha. Read more ›
Kaziranga Flood Alert: Elephant Family and WTI Train Volunteers on Wildlife Rescue
Kaziranga, June 19, 2015: The ongoing pre-flood awareness campaign in Kaziranga with support from Elephant Family and Kaziranga Forest Authority saw the youth from the corridor villages being trained on wildlife rescue by the experts from CWRC. Read more ›
IFAW-WTI Rescues and Translocates Stranded Gibbon Family in Arunachal
Wakro, November 4, 2015: IFAW-WTI rescued a family of gibbons from a discontinuous canopy cover in Wakro in Arunachal Pradesh and translocated them to a dense reserve forest contiguous to Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary. Read more ›
