Celebrating the Whale Shark: The World’s Largest Fish
Noida, 28 August 2020: Stakeholders from across the world came together at an online event to commemorate International Whale Shark Day that falls on 30 August. Sixteen years after pioneering a deep dive into whale shark… Read more ›
Rapid Action Project Addresses Illegal Trapping of Birds in Bhopal
Bhopal, 19 August 2020: A Rapid Action Project (RAP) grant from WTI to Mr Rajesh Kumar Shan, a Bhopal based research scholar helped mitigate illegal bird trapping in Bhoj Wetland. A Ramsar site that is a… Read more ›
Kochi, Trivandrum, New Delhi, 11 August 2020: On the eve of World Elephant Day, Wildlife Trust of India released their Conservation Action Report on securing the Thirunelli – Kudrakote elephant corridor in an online event graced… Read more ›
Forest Minister of Kerala Launches Poster to Mark International Mangrove Day
Kannur, 24th July 2020: Embracing the new normal of online events during COVID times, Wildlife Trust of India celebrated International Day for the Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystem with the Kerala Forest Department today by releasing an… Read more ›
WTI-IFAW-Assam Forest Department team rescues flood swept elephant in Assam
Dakhalaghat, 17 July 2020: In a very challenging flood rescue this month, WTI – IFAW and Assam State Forest Department team, captured an injured and distressed female elephant from a village and released her back to… Read more ›
WTI-IFAW-AFD Team Captures Tigress from a House
Kaziranga, 15 July 2020: What happens when a tigress comes calling at midnight, trying to escape the floodwaters? If it’s Kaziranga, and the house of Prabin Bora, the tigress stays overnight and the owners stay calm… Read more ›
Stranded tigers get safe passage in Kaziranga
Kaziranga National Park, Assam, 13 July 2020: A joint team of Wildlife Trust of India, Kaziranga National Park (KNP) Forest Officials, State Police and civic administration were able to guide two stranded tigers back to the… Read more ›
Assam Floods push wildlife to seek shelter in village homes
Dibru Saikhowa National Park, Assam, 13 July 2020: The annual floods have hit Assam over this weekend and our wildlife rescue teams are on high alert. Rising waters push animals to higher reaches resulting in several… Read more ›
Launching Photography Contest to Celebrate Mangroves
Kunhimangalam, 7 July 2020: Shout out from the Kannur Kandal Project to all Photographers, both amateur and professionals who have experienced a mangrove ecosystem in India. In the run up to this year’s International Day for the… Read more ›
WTI disburses ex gratia to frontline forest staff families during lockdown
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, July 07, 2020: WTI has granted a sum of four lakhs to bereaved surviving families of four brave frontline forest staff who have fallen in the line of duty even while the country… Read more ›
