Kaziranga Flood Update: Unwell Elephant Calf Rescued by Forest Staff, Treated by MVS Team
Bagori Range, Kaziranga National Park, August 11, 2016: A female elephant calf found in a waterlogged area near the Haldibari forest beat of the Central Range of Kaziranga National Park was successfully rescued by forest staff in the early hours of August 6. An IFAW-WTI MVS team from CWRC, led […] Read more »
On World Rhino Day: Eight Famous Orphans, Three Incredible Mothers, and Some Hair-munching Idiocy
New Delhi, September 22, 2016: Today is World Rhino Day, so mandated since 2010 as a day to raise awareness about these wonderful armoured mammals, all five living species of which are threatened by habitat loss and poaching. Read more »
WTI CEO Visits Schoolchildren Who Sacrificed Mid-day Meal to Buy Milk Formula for Rhino Calves
Vivek Menon, CEO of WTI and Senior Advisor to the President, IFAW, travelled yesterday to Bokakhat to meet the schoolchildren that had sacrificed a mid-day meal in order to buy milk formula for eight orphaned rhino calves housed at CWRC. Read more »
Conservation Legend Ashok Kumar, WTI’s Chairman Emeritus, Turns 81
Our Chairman Emeritus Mr Ashok Kumar turns 81 today. Ashokji, as he is fondly known to us, is a legendary figure, much feted, considered in the conservation community as the father of wildlife crime control in India. Read more »
In Memoriam: Ashok Kumar, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, WTI
New Delhi, August 18, 2016: Ashok Kumar, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Wildlife Trust of India passed away today. He was 81. Read more »
As part of the continuing efforts under its Van Rakshak Project, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), in partnership with the Chhattisgarh Forest Department, conducted refresher training programmes for frontline staff of Indravati TR, Barnapura WLS Read more »
Ongoing RAP in Odisha Uses Street Plays, Mock Drills as Human-Bear Conflict Mitigation Tools
Nilagiri District, Odisha, September 26, 2016: In a bid to engage with local communities affected by human-bear conflict in the Nilagiri district of Odisha, WTI organised street plays, mock drills, and a media workshop over the past two months. Read more »
Johannesburg, South Africa, September 27, 2016: Conservationists were jubilant this evening as CITES voted once and for all to abandon the controversial Decision Making Mechanisim (DMM) for a process to trade in ivory. Read more »
Male Elephant Calf, Orphaned after Traumatic Event at Construction Site, Rescued and Brought to CWRC
CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, November 25, 2016: A male elephant calf, about three to four months old, was rescued by an IFAW-WTI Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) team after it and its mother had fallen into a newly dug construction ditch at the Ass Read more »
WTI and ONGC Provide Eco-friendly Dustbins to Sultanpur National Park
Sultanpur National Park, August 1, 2016: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has partnered with the Oil And Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to provide 10 eco-friendly dustbins to Read more »
