Birds calling: What do they really say?
Delhi, February 17, 2015: Dr Piyush Shastri talks about his experience in handling avian emergencies during the Makar Sankranti festival and how the recent ERN workshop laid a roadmap for future in handling avian emergencies across the country. Read more »
Last month our Mithapur Coral Reef Recovery Project's Field Officer S Goutham explored the depths beyond the reef’s edge (about 1.5 km from the shore!). He pens down his breath-taking underwater experience. Read more »
Zero Tolerance for Blood Ivory: the Sri Lankan Way
In his blog Jose Louies takes us through a historic day that saw religious boundaries being blurred to stop #BloodIvory trade. On Jan 26, Sri Lanka crushed and burnt 359 tusks in a religious ceremony in Colombo and prayed for souls of dead elephants Read more »
An orphan female calf from Chapanala Beat area arrives at CWRC
Kaziranga, 22 October, 2014: Sunday night saw yet another arrival of a female elephant calf at the IFAW- WTI run CWRC. The calf was rescued by the Assam FD from villagers who had kept the calf in their custody and were worshipping it as a God. Read more »
Amur falcons welcomed again in Nagaland; villages renew pledge to save them!
Wokha, October 21, 2014: Upon the arrival of the Amur falcons, the villagers of Ashaa, Pangti and Sungro once again reaffirmed their last year’s commitment and dedication to protect the falcons with the support of WTI and Nagaland Forest Department. Read more »
Accidental Insurance given to Section Officer injured while mitigating human-elephant conflict
Wayanad, October 13, 2014: IFAW-WTI has handed over an ex-gratia of 25000 INR to injured Section Forest Officer V R Shaji of the Tholpety Range of Wayanad WLS as part of their Accidental Insurance Scheme of the Van Rakshak Project (VRP). Read more »
2.5 kg Asian elephant ivory and 50 kg antlers/horns seized in; six arrested
Bandipur, Sept 19 2014: The Karnataka State Forest Department along with the Karnataka Police Department, with assistance from WTI and Voice for Wildlife, seized 2.5 kg of Asian elephant ivory and 50 kg of antlers and horns, last week. Read more »
33 wild animals rescued by IFAW-WTI Mobile Veterinary Services in Kaziranga during the floods
Kaziranga, September 1, 2014: Four Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) units o IFAW-WTI along with the State Forest Department, NGOs and the local community, have rescued 33 wild animals wh who had moved out during the recent flood wave in KNP. Read more »
Animals move to higher lands, as flood waters inundate Kaziranga National Park
Kaziranga, August 17 2014: On constant vigil with the ongoing floods in Kaziranga National Park, the IFAW-WTI run CWRC is all set with a team of veterinarians, animal keepers, biologists and other conservationists to safeguard the affected wildlife. Read more »
Circle of life in Manas, India: rehabilitated rhinos continue to thrive
Manas, August 16, 2014: Dr Bhaskar Choudhury, Regional Head (Assam) of WTI wrote this blog as he was monitoring the rehabilitated rhinos, now proud mothers in the wild, and fondly remembering being there when they first came in as orphan calves. Read more »
