Attempt to reunite tiger cub with mother in Kaziranga
Kaziranga NP (Assam): Attempt to re-unite a month-old female tiger cub with her mother is in progress today in the Burapahar range of Kaziranga National Park, by the Assam Forest Department assisted by International Fund for… Read more ›
New Delhi: In Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book, Mowgli was adopted and raised by a pack of wolves. They helped him survive in the jungles of India and protected him from harm. Now in the Indian jungles,… Read more ›
Golden langur conservation awareness in Manas
Kokrajhar (Assam, Manas): Celebrating the World Wildlife Week, locals in Manas in the northeast Indian state of Assam joined the Bodoland Territorial Council, Assam Forest Department and IFAW-WTI in an urgent campaign to save the golden… Read more ›
Transformation complete: bear dancers to conservationists
Bodh Gaya (Bihar): Committing to help eradicate bear dancing from the country, 24 former bear dancers rehabilitated by WSPA-WTI will now advocate alternative livelihoods among fellow Kalandars and promote conservation and welfare of sloth bears. (more…) Read more ›
Leonardo DiCaprio joins IFAW in urging public action to shut down ivory trade
Yarmouth Port, MA: IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) yesterday announced that actor and activist Leonardo DiCaprio will lead its Animal Action campaign to save elephants and shut down the cruel international ivory trade. The campaign… Read more ›
Sariska tiger poacher sentenced to three years imprisonment
Alwar (Rajasthan): A person was sentenced to three years imprisonment by the Court of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate – II, Alwar, last Friday, for poaching a tiger from Sariska Tiger Reserve. (more…) Read more ›
By M Ramith Craigmore (Tamil Nadu): Since we caught our first fleeting glimpse of a Nilgiri marten (Martes gwatkinsii) several months ago, a colleague and I have revisited the evergreen patch in Craigmore numerous times to… Read more ›
Greater Gir forest staff undergo ‘refresher’ training in wildlife crime prevention
Junagadh (Gujarat): Gujarat’s frontline forest staff responsible for the protection of the endangered Asiatic lion and its habitat in Greater Gir, are undergoing ‘refresher’ training to brush up their skills and knowledge in wildlife crime prevention… Read more ›
Another gibbon family moves to secure habitat, relocation project progresses
Roing (Arunachal Pradesh): A second family of Eastern hoolock gibbons was successfully translocated from the village of Dello to the Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary on Sunday as part of a project to save a stranded group of… Read more ›
Four-day workshop on Prevention of Illegal Wildlife Trade Training (PIWTT) kicks off in Bhutan
Paro, Bhutan: Jointly conducted by trainers from International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), this workshop will initiate the much needed capacity building among enforcement authorities to deal with illegal wildlife… Read more ›
