King cobra ‘rescued’ from a house in Assam
Haldibari (Assam): A 13-feet long king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) accidentally trapped in a house near Haldibari Reserve Forest in Assam, was 'rescued' by the Forest Department authorities assisted by International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife… Read more ›
Electric fencing villages near Kaziranga benefits people and animals
Kaziranga (Assam): Six villages in the fringes of Kaziranga National Park in the northeast Indian state of Assam, reported a six-fold increase in annual crop yield, this year. A 15 km stretch of electric fence installed… Read more ›
Assam empowers Forest Department to use fire arms to protect its natural heritage
Guwahati (Assam): The Government of Assam has passed a notification to equip state Forest Department personnel with fire arms to ensure better protection to its forests and wildlife, particularly rhinos. The order released by the Governor’s… Read more ›
Training frontline Forest Department staff in Kanha
Kanha NP (Madhya Pradesh): To further strengthen tiger protection in Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, the state Forest Department and International Fund for Animal Welfare - Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI), supported by the US Fish… Read more ›
Traps and Snares: Riddled Paths for Indian Wildlife
-By Sharada Annamaraju A tiger killed after getting caught in a snare in Bandipur National Park, Karnataka Delhi: Law is a curious, self limiting conundrum. While it attempts to delineate and sustain order, it cannot function… Read more ›
Governments to crack down on poaching, trade to save wild tigers
Yarmouth Port (MA, USA): Conservationists from 13 tiger range countries met in Bali, Indonesia, along with the World Bank’s Global Tiger Initiative and partner organisations including the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW; www.ifaw.org), this week,… Read more ›
Confessions of an ivory poacher
Confessions of an ivory poacher -by Jose Louies, Assistant Manager, WTI Kuttampuza Forest Range (Kerala): “I stood here, hidden behind this tree. The tusker came to the clearings from the bushes, about 15 metres from… Read more ›
Displaced rhino calf reunited with mother
Kaziranga (Assam): A displaced rhino calf was successfully reunited with its mother in Haldibari Reserve Forest near Kaziranga National Park by the Assam Forest Department assisted by a team from the International Fund for Animal Welfare… Read more ›
Tusker treated for wounds, released
Golaghat (Assam): The Assam Forest Department assisted by the International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India run Mobile Veterinary Services (MVS) attended to a case of an injured tusker found in Golaghat near… Read more ›
From ‘Bear’ing the cross to a better future: Mittu Chacha
Sambalpur (Orissa): Being driven around in the streets of Sambalpur, Orissa, in a newly-purchased goods transport vehicle, Mohd Abdul Kalam is a changed man living a changed life. A former sloth bear trader, Kalam was rehabilitated… Read more ›
