CWRC turns 10 : 1600 animals including rare tigers , rhinos , elephants rescued
Guwahati, Assam, August 27, 2012: Elephant calf injured in conflict with people, a rhino orphaned by poachers, a full-grown tiger in a well or a leopard in a house! These are four of 1600 animals and 166 species saved by the CWRC! Read more »
CWRC at 10: Elephant calf reunited with its mother
Bokakhat (Assam), August 20, 2012: A wild elephant calf trapped in a ditch was reunited with its mother yesterday by the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) team assisting local authorities in Golaghat. Read more »
Armed poacher apprehended in Manas
Manas Reserve Forest (Assam), August 7, 2012: An armed poacher who was apprehended inside Manas Reserve Forest, Bodoland Territorial Council, last month, is currently under custody, while two of his accomplices who escaped are still at large. Read more »
‘Haathi Mere Saathi’ at All India Forest Sports Meet
Dehradun, December 21, 2011: Launching the drive to take ‘Gajah to Prajah’ for conservation and welfare of elephants in the country, an awareness programme was organised at the 19th All India Forest Sports Meet held last week in Dehradun, as part of the ‘Haathi Mere Saathi’ campaign. Read more »
Authorities initiate probe into elephant death in Assam
Nagaon (Assam), October 29, 2010: The Assam Forest Department has initiated a probe into the recent death of a sub-adult elephant in Nagaon district of the state. Dr Anil Deka, veterinarian at the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) – Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation […] Read more »
Apex Court rejects Sansar Chand’s plea
New Delhi, October 20, 2010: The Supreme Court of India this morning upheld the judgment of subordinate courts in Rajasthan on the conviction of notorious wildlife trader Sansar Chand in a case pertaining to the seizure of leopard parts in 2003. Two leopard skins were seized by the Railway Police […] Read more »
Capture of conflict tiger ends months-long chase
New Delhi, October 15, 2010: Having evaded baited traps and tranquiliser darts for months, the tiger that caused eight human casualties in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh was captured yesterday by a team of Forest Department officials and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI). Read more »
Animal Action Week 2010 begins – focus on tiger conservation
New Delhi, October 4, 2010: More than five million school children from 15 countries including India will learn about the plight of tigers through fun-filled educational activities organised as part of the Animal Action Week (AAW), an annual animal-focussed event coinciding with the wildlife week. A global initiative of the […] Read more »
CITES votes for elephants, reaffirms opposition to tiger farming
New Delhi, March 25, 2010: While a number of decisions in the 15th CITES Conference of the Parties (CoP 15) in Doha, Qatar, swayed against conservation, elephants and tigers were a little less unfortunate with the parties voting against ivory trade and breeding tigers for their body parts. Read more »
Confessions of an ivory poacher
-By Jose Louies, Assistant Manager, WTI Kuttampuza Forest Range (Kerala), July 30, 2009: “I stood here, hidden behind this tree. The tusker came to the clearings from the bushes, about 15 metres from me. I pulled the trigger” Aji confessed without remorse. Read more »
