Jammu & Kashmir, March 17, 2017: Working in partnership with the Jammu & Kashmir Department of Wildlife Protection, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) today completed the last of a series of Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation Training Workshops for frontline forest staff in the state. Read more ›
Mysuru, Karnataka, March 15, 2017: IFAW-WTI has provided ex-gratia support of Rs 100,000 to the family of 28-year-old Murigeppa Tammangol, a forest guard who was killed on duty on February 19 while trying to douse a forest fire that had broken out in Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Read more ›
Wild Buffalo Shows Marked Improvement a Month after In Situ Treatment by CWRC MVS Team
Sonitpur West Forest Division, Assam, March 13, 2017: A wild buffalo that had been treated last month by a Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) team from CWRC is showing signs of improvement, an observation team of the forest department has reported. Read more ›
Manas National Park, March 11, 2017: Reports from the field confirm that one of the female eastern swamp deer translocated from Kaziranga National Park to Manas National Park late last month has given birth. Read more ›
IFAW-WTI Conducts Workshop on Offence Report Writing for Frontline Staff in Manas National Park
Manas National Park, March 8, 2017: A seven-day special workshop on wildlife offense report writing was organised for frontline staff of Manas National Park by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) with support from the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) and Assam Forest Department Read more ›
MVS Team Helps Provide Conflict Leopard Safe Passage Back to the Wild in Jorhat
Jorhat, Assam, March 5, 2017: Working in concert with the Assam Forest Department (AFD), a Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) team recently helped resolve a conflict situation by assisting a leopard that had strayed into a human settlement return safely to the wild. Read more ›
Western Hoolock Gibbon Pair Shifted from CWRC to Pre-release Site in Panbari Reserve Forest
CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, February 27, 2017: A pair of western hoolock gibbons under long-term care at CWRC was shifted to a pre-selected acclimatisation site in the adjoining Panbari Reserve Forest on February 25. This is first step in the gibbons’ soft release protocol. Read more ›
Sutrapada, Gujarat, February 22, 2017: A neonatal whale shark was rescued by a local fisherman in the coastal waters off the fishing village of Sutrapada on the morning of February 18. This self-documented rescue was the fifth encounter with whale shark pups recorded under the Whale Shark Conservation Project Read more ›
First-hand Account: Capturing the Man-eater of Pilibhit
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, February 20, 2017: Nine days ago, a WTI Rapid Response Team assisted the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department in tranquilising and capturing a tiger that was declared a man-eater after having killed multiple people in the fringe areas of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve. Read more ›
Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar, February 21, 2017: WTI, in association with the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kanpur and the Bihar State Forest Department, has provided women from Done Valley, Valmiki Tiger Reserve, training in the weaving of handicrafts made from locally available moonj and kharai grasses. Read more ›
