Poachers kill one more Rhino in Kaziranga, death toll rises to 10
Kaziranga National Park , Assam : Poachers killed one more rhino, raising the number of deaths to ten this year, despite the park administration’s claim that enforcement efforts had been intensified. Read more »
Searching for India’s most endangered mammal
The Malabar civet (Viverra civettina) was last seen half a century ago in the forests of Kerela, and is presumed to be extinct. There is not even a photograph in existence. Hopes were raised in 1991when a fresh skin was found. A WTI project is now looking for this elusive […] Read more »
Rehabilitating hand-raised elephant calves in Manas National Park
The calves in their enclosure in CWRC. Manas National Park (Assam) : Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) along with its partner the International Fund for Animal Welfare and the Assam forest department has rescued and rehabilitated 13 abandoned elephant calves in Assam. Five of these were reunited with their natal […] Read more »
Threats to rhinos continue in Assam; Kaziranga toll 26
Assam: With recorded rhino kills by poachers averaging at two per month in 2008, the number of deaths within Kaziranga National Park alone, have risen to 26 since 2007. Read more »
Cross-border wildlife traders arrested in Nepal with WTI’s help
Mahendranagar (Nepal): Four notorious wildlife traders were arrested last week from the East-West Highway near Mahendranagar, a city within the western boundary of Nepal, in a joint operation, carried out by the Police and the Wildlife Department of Nepal, based on the information provided by the Wildlife Trust of India […] Read more »
Ivory sale may reopen with China as importer
Geneva: The Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Secretariat has endorsed a second one-time international sale of African elephant ivory, about a decade after its first. The Secretariat has also recommended China as an importer of the 108 tonnes of ivory registered for the second sale from four […] Read more »
Foreigners arrested in Darjeeling for illegal collection of rare insects
Darjeeling (West Bengal): Two Czech citizens including an entomologist of national repute were arrested from Srikhola in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, on Sunday for possessing rare insects. About 500 beetles and two bottles containing preserved insects (in different stages of growth) were seized from them. Read more »
Japan’s biggest ivory smuggler walks free Government schemes to market his contraband
Tokyo: A Japanese court let go the country’s worst ivory smuggler with a most lenient penalty, while officials at the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry scheme to market his three tons of contraband into legal trade. Read more »
Wildlife Conservation through the Web
New Delhi: To spread awareness on wildlife law and to reinforce the fight against wildlife crime, the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) today officially launched a website, www.wildlifelaw.in containing information on the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and a compilation of judgments in prominent wildlife cases of the country. The website, […] Read more »
WTI acquires land to facilitate elephant corridor in Kerala
Wayanad (Kerala):In a significant step for protecting the Brahmagiri – Tirunelli elephant corridor in Southern India, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has acquired a part of the Valiya Emmadi village as part of its efforts to relocate the five villages which fall on the corridor. Read more »
