European Union finalises seal product ban – European markets to officially close in 2010
Brussels (Belgium): The Council of the European Union today adopted the regulation to ban the trade of all seal products within the EU. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) applauds the adoption as the last step of approval before the implementation of this momentous legislation. The ban […] Read more »
WTI proposal to reintroduce cheetah into the wild gains momentum
Delhi: In a significant move, the Government has in principle approved a Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) proposal to explore the possibility of returning the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) to the wild in India. Read more »
Mission Accomplished – 83 Elephants Safely Rescued in Malawi
Cape Town (South Africa): A mammoth evacuation of 83 elephants was successfully concluded in Malawi this weekend. Read more »
Bail denied to tiger prey hunters in Andhra Pradesh
Mehboobnagar (Andhra Pradesh): The bail petition of six people accused in the Nagarjuna Sagar Tiger Reserve poaching case was dismissed yesterday by the Judicial Magistrate – I Class, of Kalwakurthy, Mehboobnagar district in Andhra Pradesh. The petitioners, including three police personnel and a national level shooter, were apprehended for hunting deer, […] Read more »
Authorities stress on need for cross-border cooperation to fight wildlife trade
Delhi: Nepali and Indian wildlife conservation authorities have recommended trans-border cooperation as an urgent requirement to tackle illegal wildlife trade across the porous Indo-Nepal border. Read more »
Kolkata (West Bengal): A skin, thought to be of black buck, was seized yesterday from Sree leather showroom in Kolkata, West Bengal, by the WCCB – Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, East Region and local police assisted by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI). Read more »
Jackal pups being hand-raised by IFAW-WTI
Kaziranga (Assam): A pair of jackal pups, found in a tea estate near Kaziranga National Park, Assam is being hand-raised by International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) since middle of March, 2009. The pups will eventually be rehabilitated in the wild, once they become capable […] Read more »
IFAW enforcement training prompts unprecedented wildlife seizure; 1000+ animals confiscated
Yarmouth Port (MA, USA): In the Caribbean twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago, three corrupt police officers were arrested this week for stealing over one thousand protected animals from Venezuelan wildlife smugglers. Read more »
European Union bans the sale of seal products
Brussels (Belgium): The European Parliament today voted 550 to 49 in favour of a ban on the trade of all seal products within the EU. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) applauded the decision as a significant victory in IFAW’s 40 year campaign to end Canada’s commercial […] Read more »
WTI projects protect nesting olive ridleys
Orissa: In March this year, two years since it last witnessed ‘arribada’, the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary in Orissa has seen the spectacular mass-nesting of olive ridley sea turtles. While there has been much excitement and relief to have the nesting turtles back in Gahirmatha; the sporadic nesting, which had begun two months earlier in unprotected adjacent beaches, went […] Read more »
