Emergency Relief Network: Building Local Capacity through Regional Workshops
Noida, 27 February 2020: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and its partner IFAW recently conducted three regional workshops with local NGOs to build capacity on disaster management for animals. The Society for Protecting Ophiofauna & Animal Rights (SPOAR) in Jalpaiguri West Bengal, Animal Warriors Conservation Society (AWCS) in Bapatla, Andhra […] Read more »
CMS Lists Endangered Asian elephants in Appendix I
Gandhinagar, India, 21 February 2020 – In a major breakthrough, the proposal to enlist Asian Elephants in Appendix I of the Convention of Migratory Species has been accepted by the 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) which […] Read more »
Vhali becomes part of 71th Republic Day celebration of Girsomanth district in Gujarat
Girsomnath, Gujarat, 27 January, 2020: The Whale Shark conservation project in Gujarat has been a long term commitment of Wildlife Trust of India towards Whale Shark Conservation with the collaborative efforts of Gujarat Forest Department and Tata Chemicals Ltd to safeguard the world’s largest fish and habitual visitor to Gujarat […] Read more »
Local NGO help leopard cubs reunite with mother
Nashik, 22nd January: Eco Echo foundation(EEF), a Nashik-based NGO assisted the Forest department in rescuing two leopard cubs from Wadner range road. EEF has been supported by WTI’s Rapid Action Project to carry out wildlife rescue operations in Nashik area. Two abandoned leopard cubs of around 45 days old were found in […] Read more »
WTI-WLT Conducts Nature Guide Training in Daribokgre, Garo Hills
Garo Hills, Meghalaya, November 26th-28th, 2019: A three-day Nature Guide training for watchers appointed to monitor Village Reserve Forests (VRFs) in and around Nokrek National Park was conducted from 26th-28th November, 2019 under the Garo Green Spine Conservation Project. The project is run by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and […] 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 »
Elephant Calf Rescued from Karbi Anglong Settles at CWRC
Kaziranga, 20 December 2019: Responding to a call from the Karbi Anglong forest division, the IFAW-WTI team of veterinarians and animal keepers rescued and admitted an abandoned elephant calf at the wildlife rescue centre in Kaziranga. Led by veterinarian Dr Panjit Basumatary from the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation […] Read more »
In a shocking development, Wildlife Trust of India lost Nagaraj Bhat, our veteran crime fighter from Karnataka in a road accident this morning. He was on his way to an enforcement operation when the vehicle in which he was travelling, driven by a collaborator overturned several times in trying to […] Read more »
Wildlife Trust of India conducts workshop on Prevention of Illegal Wildlife Trade in Ladakh
Leh, December 5, 2019: The land of high mountain passes, rarefied air and cold desert has seen a huge inflow of tourists since 2010. With new sources of livelihood for the local residents here, the increased inflow of people also brought in new challenges for wildlife conservation and pollution to […] Read more »
He was recognised for making a positive change to the world’s wildlife New Delhi, 19th November 2019: Vivek Menon, ED and CEO, Wildlife Trust of India won the Excellence Award at the ninth edition of Condé Nast Traveller Readers’ Travel Awards, held at ITC Maurya, New Delhi on 19th November. Vivek Menon was felicitated for his exceptional contribution towards wildlife […] Read more »
