Conflict elephant evades “death sentence”
Rajaji National Park (Uttarakhand): An adult tusker, allegedly involved in human elephant conflict, was captured from Narendranagar Forest Division and relocated to the Chilla Range of the Rajaji National Park on Saturday in a joint operation… Read more ›
IFAW-WTI train Bhutan forest staff in rescue and rehabilitation
Paro (Bhutan): Initiating trans-border cooperation for conservation of wildlife in the subcontinent, a capacity building programme on wildlife rescue and rehabilitation was organised last week for 21 personnel from the Department of Forest and Park Services… Read more ›
Five years imprisonment for tiger poacher
Alwar (Rajasthan): Accused in six cases of tiger poaching, Jiwan Das - an associate of the notorious poacher Juhru, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by a court here on Friday. (more…) Read more ›
Accused of poaching tiger, three denied bail
New Delhi: Three persons, accused of poaching tiger in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, were denied bail earlier this week by the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Champawat. (more…) Read more ›
Aid for Greater Manas during the festive season
Kokrajhar (Bodoland, Assam): Continuing to strengthen conservation of Greater Manas landscape, aid was provided to various stakeholders under the Greater Manas Conservation Fund (GMCF) at an event held today in Kokrajhar. (more…) Read more ›
Orphaned black bears under rehabilitation in Mehao WLS; 26 cubs rehabilitated since 2006
Roing (Arunachal Pradesh): Four orphaned Asiatic black bear cubs have been moved to Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary for rehabilitation in the wild. This brings the number of this species rehabilitated through a soft-release protocol in northeast India… Read more ›
A first-hand account by Divya Srinivasan, General Manager, Campaigns at WTI, who ventured out with the rescue team to witness a rescue operation and management of human-elephant conflict. New Delhi: With the Haathi Mere Saathi Campaign… Read more ›
Global Buddhist Congregation endorses global declaration on environment preservation
New Delhi: Buddhist scholars and environment conservationists on Monday endorsed a global declaration to apply Buddhist principles in societal, consumer and political decision-making frameworks to address the current environmental crisis. (more…) Read more ›
Endangered gibbons translocated to safety in India
Roing (Arunachal Pradesh): A rescue operation to save an isolated group of endangered Hoolock gibbons began on Sunday in the remote village of Dello in northeast India. Stranded in small clusters of trees, the gibbons are… Read more ›
Home for our tigers or roads for our cars?
Nagzira – Nawegaon (Maharashtra): The face-off between development agencies and environment conservationists is once again at the fore with the issue of expansion of National Highway (NH) – 6 in the central Indian state of Maharashtra.… Read more ›
