WTI’s Rescue Team Reunites Leopard Cub with its Mother
Tinsukia, May 24, 2021: Working with the Assam Forest Department and with a little help from the local community, Wildlife Trust of India’s Mobile Veterinary Service in Eastern Assam reunited a leopard cub with its mother within 12 hours of finding it in a tea estate. It all began with […] Read more »
Vivek Menon announces Tiger as the New Big 5
17 May 2021: The ‘Big 5’ is an old term used by trophy hunters in Africa for the five most prized and dangerous animals to shoot and kill: elephant, rhino, leopard, Cape buffalo and lion. The New Big 5 project has a better idea: to create a New Big 5 […] Read more »
Wetland management committee members tighten their grip on poachers
Maharajganj, 15 April 2021: On a chilly day in January, Deep Narayan Sahni was walking along Hertodwa wetland in Maharajganj district of Eastern Uttar Pradesh when some suspicious activity caught his eye. Hertodwa wetland had of late become a preferred spot for poachers to target birds and aquatic species. As […] Read more »
Three rehabilitated rhino calves get ready to go back to the wild in Manas
Manas Tiger Reserve, 10 April 2021: Three rhino calves – two females and a male- that were rescued during the 2019 floods have safely been released in Manas Tiger Reserve, the first step in sending them back to the wild. Rescued by the Assam Forest Department and the IFAW- WTI […] Read more »
WTI’s Wildlife Crime Control Team helps bust an Illegal Wildlife Trade Racket in Assam
Tinsukia, 20 February 2021 Comments left on a popular video blogging site led to the bust of an illegal wildlife trade racket and a new life for a pangolin rescued during the operation. On February 18, WTI’s team assisted the Indian government’s Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) seize a live […] Read more »
Wildlife Trust of India gives ex gratia support to frontline forest staff
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 21 March 2021 In keeping with its long term commitment towards the welfare of frontline forest staff, WTI granted financial assistance as ex gratia support to the surviving family members of frontline forest staff who succumbed to their deaths while on duty. Four of these brave men […] Read more »
58 families affected by Elephant raids on their crops get relief by WTI’s Grain for Grain initiative
Seijosa, Arunachal Pradesh, 17 March 2021: On 17th March 2021 WTI and Forest dept, Seijosa, Arunachal Pradesh supported by Kirloskar Ebari Pumps Ltd (KEPL) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare organised the “Grain for Grain” program for villagers who had suffered loss of their crops by raiding elephants. This […] Read more »
Week old bear cubs rescued and being hand raised at WTI-CBRC, Pakke
Pakke, Arunachal Pradesh, 8 March 2021 Last week, Arunachal Pradesh forest department staff brought in two female bear cubs to the WTI – Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) on 12 February 2021. These week old cubs were found by women from Wanu village inside the Wanu Community Reserve […] Read more »
885 birds rescued during Kite Festival in Gujarat and Rajasthan by WTI-IFAW Emergency Relief Network
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 11 February 2021: This January, 865 birds flew back to the wild thanks to the Emergency Relief Network of WTI – IFAW who responded to rescue calls of birds injured during the 2021 kite festival in Rajasthan and Gujarat. About 60% of the birds under treatment have […] Read more »
Valmikinagar, Bihar, 10 February 2021 WTI’s Wildlife Crime Control Division (WCCD) recently conducted a wildlife crime prevention training for the frontline staff of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar on 3rd – 5th February, 2021 Valmiki TR spanning 899 sq.km along the Indo-Nepal border in the West Champaran district of Bihar […] Read more »
