Nation-wide bear survey kicks off in anticipation of the IBA conference 2012
New Delhi: A nationwide survey on bears kicked off this week to collate information on distribution, threats and conservation measures from all 26 bear-ranging states to prepare the National Bear Conservation Action Plan. (more…) Read more ›
Reducing dependence on tiger habitat in Central India
Sondlagondi (Maharashtra): In an effort to reduce anthropogenic pressure in the crucial Nagzira – Navegaon corridor linking nine Tiger Reserves in the central India, the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) supported by the Japan Tiger and… Read more ›
IFAW-WTI joins hands with local NGOs in flood relief operation
Puri / Kendrapara (Odisha): The heavy monsoon rains that have battered South Asia for weeks have caused widespread flooding and left millions of people and animals displaced. In response to the disaster, the International Fund for… Read more ›
Conflict leopard captured in Dudhwa
Dudhwa, Uttar Pradesh: An adult female leopard that had locals around Dudhwa Tiger Reserve terrorised for nearly two months was successfully captured by a team of Forest Department officials assisted by the Wildlife Trust of India… Read more ›
Taking sloth bear conservation closer to people
Sambalpur (Odisha): A group of volunteers have been traveling across 30 villages in the Sambalpur district conducting a mobile campaign to spread awareness on sloth bear conservation among locals. A joint effort of the Odisha Forest… Read more ›
Hand-raised clouded leopards and Asiatic black bears moved to the wild
Kokrajhar (Bodoland, Assam): Separated from their mothers, and brought under human care as young cubs, two rare clouded leopards and four Asiatic black bears are on their way back to the wild in Greater Manas. (more…) Read more ›
Elephant successfully rescued from clay sanitary pit
Dibru Saikhowa (Assam): A sub-adult Asian elephant trapped in a clay sanitary pit on the fringes of the Dibru Saikhowa National Park in eastern Assam was rescued by a team of Forest Department staff, International Fund for… Read more ›
Sariska poacher finally convicted, gets maximum imprisonment
Alwar: In a landmark judgement, the Court of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate - II, Alwar, Rajasthan convicted noted wildlife poacher Juhru and his associates, Tayyeb, Ramzan, Noora and Jiwan Das, sentencing them to a maximum… Read more ›
Two new site records for rare bird species in Jammu and Kashmir
Poonch (J&K): Records made during a survey along the Pir Panjal range have confirmed presence of the extremely rare western tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus) at two new sites in Jammu and Kashmir. Sightings and calls of the pheasant… Read more ›
Rescued elephant finds ‘family’ in “World Heritage Site in Danger”
Manas (Assam): A rare conservation success story is emerging from Manas National Park with the sighting of a rehabilitated elephant having been accepted into a wild herd - good news for conservationists currently pleading for the removal of the… Read more ›
