Separated from mother, clouded leopard cubs to be rehabilitated
Kokrajhar (Bodoland, Assam): A year after two orphaned clouded leopard cubs were successfully hand-raised and released in the forests along the Indo-Bhutan boundary, two more cubs of these rare felines have been admitted for rehabilitation at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) Transit Home in Kokrajhar. Read more »
Orphaned tiger gets a new home at Van Vihar
Bhopal: After a five-day journey covering 2012 kms, the male tiger on its way from the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) in Assam safely reached its destination, the Van Vihar National Park, on Friday evening.The four year old animal was accompanied by an IFAW-WTI team including two veterinarians and two […] Read more »
New Delhi: A two-day International Conference on Tiger Conservation will be held at the Indian capital next week to discuss challenges, plans and priorities towards achieving the recently-adopted goal of doubling the world’s tiger population by 2022. The Conference will also see declaration of the latest population estimate of tigers […] Read more »
Two years imprisonment for Ivory trader
New Delhi: The Court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Special Acts), Tis Hazari, Delhi, Ajay Gupta, convicted an ivory trader and sentenced him to two years imprisonment with a fine, on Tuesday. Read more »
Train-elephant collision averted in Deepor Beel, Assam
Guwahati (Assam): Quick thinking and prompt action by members of the joint patrolling team deployed to prevent train-elephant collisions along the critical Deepor Beel railway stretch near Guwahati, recently averted an accident saving a herd of about 15 wild elephants. Initiated in November 2008, the patrolling along railway tracks in […] Read more »
First whale shark satellite-tagged in India
Sutrapada (Gujarat): A whale shark was satellite-tagged for the first time in India, earlier this week, as part of research to understand behavior, ecological preferences and migration of this species. Read more »
Asiatic black bear cub returned to the wild
Kaziranga National Park: An Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) cub admitted to the IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) by the Assam Forest Department officials after it was found in a village near Kaziranga National Park, was returned to the wild on Saturday. The bear had ‘strayed’ […] Read more »
State Level Workshop on Sloth Bear Conservation and Welfare
Bhopal: In the run up to the International Bear Association (IBA) Conference 2012 to be hosted by India, the first in a series of state level workshops on sloth bear conservation and welfare was held today in Bhopal. Read more »
Photographs confirm survival of rehabilitated tiger in Manas
Manas National Park (Assam): An adult male tiger, captured following conflicts with people in Sibsagar district in northern Assam and released in Manas National Park more than eight months ago, was photographed in the wild last month.The tiger was tranquilised and captured from a human settlement by the Assam Forest […] Read more »
Redakhol (Sambalpur, Orissa): Cricket fever has gripped the entire nation and wildlife conservationists have jumped on to the bandwagon too, using this popular sport to benefit their cause. Read more »
