Shahtoosh Shawls in Switzerland
New Delhi: During his recent visit to Geneva in July 2005 to attend the CITES Standing Committee meeting, Senior Advisor and Trustee of Wildlife Trust of India Mr. Ashok Kumar was shown four of the shahtoosh shawls from a… Read more ›
Rajasthan Police Gets Custody of Sansar Chand
New Delhi : After tightening the snare on Sansar Chand, a complex legal situation arose yesterday after the Rajasthan Police applied for his custody and transit to Jaipur. The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) expressed his inability to… Read more ›
WREN Volunteers Rescue Endangered Marine Turtles from Gujarat Flood Waters
Surat: The Wildlife Rehabilitators Exchange Network (WREN) which was launched by the Wild Rescue Programme of Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) early this year to take up rescue and rehabilitation measures for wildlife in crisis across… Read more ›
Forest Department Officials Rescue Snakes in Assam
Kaziranga: After elephants, rhinos and leopards, the Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) in the north eastern state of Assam now houses ten snakes that have a new terrarium. (more…) Read more ›
Legal Injunction Against Australian Import of Asian Elephants
New Delhi : The much awaited verdict on the fate of the eight Asian elephants stationed in the southern province of Thailand has finally arrived with the Australian Environment Minister Ian Campbell giving the green signal… Read more ›
Jaipur : For the first time, two panther skins were recovered directly from the wildlife smuggler Sansar Chand, who had so blatantly challenged the police when he was arrested after a carefully planned sting operation on… Read more ›
New Delhi : The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Delhi Manoj Jain today issued a production warrant so that the Rajasthan Police can produce Sansar Chand in court at Delhi on 11 th August. The notorious wildlife… Read more ›
Australian Appeal Tribunal Will Hear the Elephant Expert’s Plea in September
Sydney: A legal appeal that was forwarded by IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare), RSPCA Australia and Human Society International (HSI) on the 20 th of this month in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Australia, against… Read more ›
Anand: In a sensitization exercise that involved a school contact programme coupled with participatory activities, more than 15000 school children in the milk capital of Gujarat were made aware of the world’s biggest fish that visits… Read more ›
VRP Trains Forest Staff in Shivalik Elephant Reserve
Uttaranchal : In a move to sensitize and empower the forest staff of Shivalik elephant reserve, a training programme on wildlife crime prevention and law was organized from 13 th July to 3 rd August in… Read more ›
