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 »

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 »

Timely Rescue Call helps save vultures at Dhulijan village, Assam

Dhulijan, Assam, 31 January 2021: Seven Slender-billed and two white-backed vultures flew back to the wild last Sunday, 31st January in a small event organized by Wildlife Trust of India at Dhulijan village. These vultures were part of a larger mixed flock of vultures who were dropping off their perches […] Read more »

Jungle cat kitten rescued and released by WTI team vets at Kaziranga

Kaziranga, 11 June 2020: In yet another successful rescue and release story, a severely dehydrated and stressed female jungle cat kitten which had been rescued from a household at Kathalgui village, Karbi Anglong district, in February this year was successfully released by WTI’s team from Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and […] Read more »

Hanging Fences Protect People and Elephants in Manas

Manas National Park, 7 May 2020: An effective solution to mitigate human elephant conflict was successfully tested and shows promise in Manas. Wildlife Trust of India’s team had installed 5 km of hanging fence along the Manas National Park boundary to keep elephants out of human inhabited areas. Conventional fences […] Read more »

Two Rehabilitated Rhino Calves Get Ready to Go Back To the Wild

Manas National Park, Assam, 25 December 2019: In yet another rhino rehabilitation story, two hand raised rhino calves rescued by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), during the Kaziranga floods of August, 2017 are being soft released in Manas National Park. WTI in established procedure of rescue, rehabilitation and release have […] Read more »