Two leopard skins seized near Valmiki Tiger Reserve
Valmikinagar (Bihar): The Bihar forest department assisted by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) seized two leopard skins and apprehended four wildlife traders in Valmikinagar near Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar, along the Indo-Nepal border, last week. Read more »
– by Prasanta Boro Tezpur (Assam): Wednesday began as a normal day for us at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) run by International Fund for Animal Welfare- Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI). We went about our daily tasks of feeding and tending to our resident patients. I […] Read more »
Forest Department frontline staff trained in Dachigam
Dachigam National Park (Jammu & Kashmir): The Department of Wildlife, Jammu & Kashmir and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), supported by the Care for the Wild International (CWI) organised a two-day intensive training for frontline staff of Dachigam National Park recently. Field kits to facilitate anti-poaching activities in the protected […] Read more »
Skin seized from Sreeleather showroom belongs to blackbuck, confirms ZSI
Kolkata: The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has confirmed that the skin seized from the premises of a Sreeleather showroom in Kolkata in May this year belongs to a blackbuck – a Schedule I species. Read more »
Wildlife enforcement workshop to control illegal trade in western Indo-Nepal border
Dharchula (Uttarakhand): For effective wildlife trade control across the porous Indo-Nepal border, authorities from India and Nepal met today for a two-day workshop, in the bordering town of Dharchula in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Read more »
More orphaned bear cubs head for the wild in Pakke
Pakke (Arunachal Pradesh): Three orphaned Asiatic black bear cubs are being walked in Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, for acclimatisation, and eventual rehabilitation in the wild. Read more »
IFAW-WTI return three hand-raised bears to the wild in Assam
Manas National Park (Assam): Three orphaned Asiatic black bears, hand-raised by the IFAW-WTI (International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India), have been returned to the wild in Manas National Park, Assam, following a sustained period of on-site acclimatisation. Read more »
British MP calls for change in environment conservation approaches
New Delhi: British Conservative MP and Shadow Environment Secretary, Nick Herbert, has stressed on the need for a change in the approach to save the earth’s ecosystems ‘worth trillions of pounds’. Read more »
Leonardo DiCaprio kicks off IFAW’s Animal Action Week (October 4-10, 2009)
Yarmouth Port (USA): Leonardo DiCaprio and IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) today announced the start of Animal Action Week, one of the world’s largest environmental education programmes spread across a number of countries, including India. This year’s Animal Action theme, “Under One Sky,” highlights the importance […] Read more »
Blackbuck killed by poachers; manhunt on
Jodhpur (Rajasthan): A blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) was shot dead by poachers in the outskirts of Rawar village in Jodhpur district, Rajasthan, yesterday. A case has been filed against two accused persons – residents of a nearby Bala village – who are absconding. Read more »
