Pesticide Dealers Pledge to Protect Vultures
25th August, 2021, Siliguri: The largest of Asian Gyps vultures, the Himalayan Griffons, have long been threatened by the use of certain drugs in cattle treatment and pesticides in agriculture farming. In most of India’s countryside, deliberate poisoning of cattle carcasses too has been the reason for a substantial drop […] Read more »
Raimona National Park Notified: Greater Manas gets more Protection
10 June 2021, Assam: On World Environment Day, the newly elected Chief Minister of the Government of Assam, Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma declared two new National Parks, delighting conservationists and communities alike. The much awaited Gazette notification of Raimona National Park and Dehing-Patkai was issued by the Assam government on […] 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 »
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 »
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 »
Training of frontline staff at Bhadra Tiger Reserve
Bhadra Tiger Reserve, Karnataka, November 28, 2019: The protectors of the wild, the frontline staff of the forest department are often shorthanded and ill-equipped while the take over the mammoth task of protecting our wild flora and fauna. Taking advantage of this often poachers and hunters carry out illegal activities […] 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 »
Announcement of three Masters scholarships of INR 2 Lakhs each, in remembrance of Shri Ashok Kumar
Ashok Kumar Memorial Scholarships for Wildlife Law and Enforcement. Read more »
Rapid Action to Protect Breeding Grounds of Greater Adjutant Storks in Guwahati
Guwahati: In a unique barter, a group of veterinarians in Guwahati in the north eastern state of Assam offered their services of taking care of the livestock of villagers in return for villagers’ offering protection to the tall trees that are perfect breeding grounds of the greater adjutant stork. Concerned […] Read more »
Endangered greater adjutants rehabilitated in Assam
The first greater adjutant stork soars immediately after release. Photo by: Nizira Borgoyari/WTI Guwahati (Assam), March 22, 2013: Four endangered greater adjutant stork (Leptoptilus dubius) juveniles were set free yesterday in Dadhara, about 16 km from Guwahati. The birds, which had falled from their nests in Dadhara – believed […] Read more »
