IFAW-WTI Provides Ex-gratia Support to Tiger Trackers’ Family
Valmiki Tiger Reserve, August 12, 2015: Under IFAW-WTI's Supplementary Accident Insurance Scheme, Meena Devi, wife of Late Sunil Mahto, was handed over a cheque of Rs 1 lakh as an ex-gratia support. Read more »
Rare Spotted Pond Turtle Released Back in to the Wild
Kaziranga, August 28, 2015: A male juvenile spotted pond turtle that was handed over to CWRC, the IFAW-WTI wildlife care facility, has been released back to the place of rescue Read more »
Four Hand Raised Palm Civets Ready for Release
Four common palm civets being hand raised at IFAW-WTI run CWRC are ready for the in-situ acclimatisation. At present, the civets are housed in an outdoor enclosure and are being fed milk, fruits and an occasional egg. Read more »
School Awareness Rally Held in Manas
Chamuagati Gaon, August 28, 2015: More than 400 people participated in a peace rally called by IFAW-WTI team at Chamuagati Gaon near Manas National Park in Assam to generate awareness on the need to protect wildlife in and around the park. Read more »
CWRC Foundation Day: First Batch of Employees Felicitated
Kaziranga, August 28, 2015: Commemorating the 13th Foundation Day of CWRC, IFAW-WTI wildlife care facility supported by Assam Forest Department, the first batch employees were felicitated by senior journalists during a programme organised by the CWRC Read more »
Frontline Staff in Similipal Trained on Attending to Wildlife in Distress
Participants learning rope rescues Similipal Biosphere Reserve, September 1, 2015: Wildlife Trust of India’s (WTI) Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) in Similipal Biosphere Reserve, Odisha, organised a training programme for the frontline forest staff from four forest divisions on ‘Rescue Basics and Ethics’ in Similipal Tiger Reserve. The training was organised […] Read more »
IFAW-WTI Emergency Relief Network Provides Veterinary Assistance to Livestock in Assam
Manas National Park, September 5, 2015: IFAW-WTI's Emergency Relief Network team conducted two health camps for livestock in villages around Manas National Park and Manas Reserve Forest during the floods that have inundated large parts of Assam, Read more »
Kaziranga Floods: CWRC-MVS attends 11 Wildlife Displacement Cases
Kaziranga, September 7, 2015: Two units of Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) run by CWRC -- an IFAW-WTI wildlife care facility -- have attended to 11 cases of displaced wild animals during the ongoing flood crisis in Kaziranga National Park Read more »
WTI Equips & Trains Chhattisgarh’s 87 Frontline Forest Staff
Barnawapara, September 2, 2015: 87 forest staff from Chhattisgarh Forest Department were trained under WTI's Van Rakshak Project. The training was jointly organised by WTI and state Forest Department in two batches from Sep 2-4 & Sep 7-9. Read more »
In his blog, IFAW-WTI's Project Lead, Panjit Basumatary, recalls his experience of nurturing a rhino calf that was rescued from Kaziranga National Park in Assam. He shares how his daughter has found a new friend in the rhino calf Read more »
