As part of the continuing efforts under its Van Rakshak Project, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), in partnership with the Chhattisgarh Forest Department, conducted refresher training programmes for frontline staff of Indravati TR, Barnapura WLS Read more ›
With the signing and formal issuance of a Final Gazette Notification by the Government of Assam, an area of 350 sq km from the eastern part of the Manas Reserve Forest has now been officially declared as the First Addition to Manas National Park. Read more ›
Ongoing RAP in Odisha Uses Street Plays, Mock Drills as Human-Bear Conflict Mitigation Tools
Nilagiri District, Odisha, September 26, 2016: In a bid to engage with local communities affected by human-bear conflict in the Nilagiri district of Odisha, WTI organised street plays, mock drills, and a media workshop over the past two months. Read more ›
Johannesburg, South Africa, September 27, 2016: Conservationists were jubilant this evening as CITES voted once and for all to abandon the controversial Decision Making Mechanisim (DMM) for a process to trade in ivory. Read more ›
Male Elephant Calf, Orphaned after Traumatic Event at Construction Site, Rescued and Brought to CWRC
CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, November 25, 2016: A male elephant calf, about three to four months old, was rescued by an IFAW-WTI Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) team after it and its mother had fallen into a newly dug construction ditch at the Ass Read more ›
Dudhwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh, November 18, 2016: In a bid to educate and sensitise tourists to avoid interacting with and disturbing reptiles in a rivulet outside Dudhwa National Park, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), as part of a Rapid Action Project (RAP) conducted with support from Europaeische Tierschutzstiftung (ETS), Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh Forest Department, and the Vivekanand Academy, Bhira Kheri, has arranged for the creation and installation of prominently displayed information boards in the area. Read more ›
WTI-WLT Conducts Free Medical Health Camp at Mesimagre, Garo Hills
Garo Hills, Meghalaya, October 13, 2016: A free, one-day Medical Health Camp for residents of four villages in the Garo Hills was conducted at the community hall of Mesimagre village on October 6. Read more ›
Similipal Tiger Reserve September 23, 2016: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), working in partnership with the Forests & Environment Department, Government of Odisha, this morning commenced a three-day intensive training workshop at Similipal TR Read more ›
Late last month a WTI team successfully tranquilised and captured a male tiger, a designated man-eater who would otherwise have been put down. A first-person account of that entire operation by one of our intrepid men on the ground, Achintya Tripathi Read more ›
WTI and ONGC Provide Eco-friendly Dustbins to Sultanpur National Park
Sultanpur National Park, August 1, 2016: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has partnered with the Oil And Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to provide 10 eco-friendly dustbins to Read more ›
