Jaipur : For the first time, two panther skins were recovered directly from the wildlife smuggler Sansar Chand, who had so blatantly challenged the police when he was arrested after a carefully planned sting operation on 30 th June. Read more »
Jaipur : For the first time, two panther skins were recovered directly from the wildlife smuggler Sansar Chand, who had so blatantly challenged the police when he was arrested after a carefully planned sting operation on 30 th June. Read more »
New Delhi : The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Delhi Manoj Jain today issued a production warrant so that the Rajasthan Police can produce Sansar Chand in court at Delhi on 11 th August. The notorious wildlife smuggler was earlier remanded to custody till today by this court when he was […] Read more »
Australian Appeal Tribunal Will Hear the Elephant Expert’s Plea in September
Sydney: A legal appeal that was forwarded by IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare), RSPCA Australia and Human Society International (HSI) on the 20 th of this month in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Australia, against the Australian Senator Ian Campbell’s decision for import of eight Asian elephants to Taronga […] Read more »
Anand: In a sensitization exercise that involved a school contact programme coupled with participatory activities, more than 15000 school children in the milk capital of Gujarat were made aware of the world’s biggest fish that visits the shores of their homeland. Read more »
VRP Trains Forest Staff in Shivalik Elephant Reserve
Uttaranchal : In a move to sensitize and empower the forest staff of Shivalik elephant reserve, a training programme on wildlife crime prevention and law was organized from 13 th July to 3 rd August in Uttaranchal by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) in association with Uttaranchal Forest Department. […] Read more »
Supreme Court orders immediate ban on shahtoosh weaving
New Delhi: In the Shahtoosh case, Ashok Kumar vs. State of J & K and others, the Supreme Court today held that the production of Shahtoosh shawls and the continuance of the trade in the state should be banned with immediate effect. The case was filed in the year 2003, […] Read more »
VRP Trains Forest Staff in Shivalik Elephant Reserve
Uttaranchal: In a move to sensitize and empower the forest staff of Shivalik elephant reserve, a training programme on wildlife crime prevention and law was organized from 13th July to 3rd August in Uttaranchal by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) in association with Uttaranchal Forest Department. About 785 individuals […] Read more »
Health camp for captive elephants in Sonpur
Sonpur: For the fifth consecutive year, a health camp for captive elephants was organized by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) in partnership with the Bihar Forest Department at Sonpur in Bihar. Between 12th and 16th November, captive elephants from the northern and eastern Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, […] Read more »
Accused in Seizure Case Withdraw Bail Application
New Delhi: Wildlife Trust of India’s (WTI) legal counsel Saurabh Sharma reports that the bail applications of the three accused in a massive seizure of skins of endangered animals in North Delhi on the 6th April were withdrawn today. Read more »
CBI cracks down on shahtoosh traders
New Delhi: Yet another meticulously planned sting-operation conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and assisted by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the Japan Wildlife Conservation Society (JWCS), led to the recovery of 13 shahtoosh shawls from two different traders in south Delhi. This follows the recent […] Read more »