New Delhi: An investigation by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) in the illegal wildlife trade carried out through the internet revealed that large quantities of wildlife products and live animals are being traded illegally and is pushing the world’s most endangered species to the brink of extinction. Read more »
Bear Cub from Assam at Home in Arunachal Pradesh
Guwahati: A first ever inter-state transit of an infant bear cub from Guwahati state zoo in Assam to Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) in Arunachal Pradesh is a pioneering step forward for conservation of Asiatic black bears covering two bio-geographic regions in north east India . Increasing human […] Read more »
Leh: The Wildlife Trust of India(WTI) and the Department of Wildlife Protection, Jammu and Kashmir join hands once again to conduct a survey on the endangered Tibetan antelope popularly called the chiru. The survey on the chiru follows a successful attempt at a rapid survey on the status of Markhor […] Read more »
The Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh successfully released a rehabilitated bear back to the wild. Dr.Murali Pai recounts the experience and the exhilaration of seeing the bear at home in the wild. Read more »
Insurance Cover of the Deceased Brings Relief to his Family
Kaziranga: Little did his family of four realize, when Patiram Das who worked as a forest guard in Kaziranga National Park (KNP), died in a road accident on 24th February 2005 that his life was insured by a group insurance scheme of Wildlife Trust of India (WTI). Five months later, […] Read more »
Cameras trap big cats in action
Valmiki: In what may be termed as a unique first in the history of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve, a tigress and her two cubs were photographed by a camera trap. To monitor these elusive cats and other herbivores in the park, the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the Bihar […] Read more »
Notorious trader Tashi Tsering alias Tsewang arrested in Nepal
Boudha: After years of chase by the Interpol, and police in India and Nepal, the notorious wildlife trader Tashi Tsering alias Tsewang was finally arrested on 11th December by the Boudha Police in Nepal. Read more »
Oil India Oils the Wheels of Rescue
Kaziranga : Wildlife Trust of India’s (WTI) innovative concept of mobile veterinary ambulances has appealed to a premier Indian National Oil company. Oil India Limited has sponsored a unit under the “Mobile Veterinary Service” project initiated by WTI for rescue and relief operations in Manas National Park in lower Assam . Read more »
Relief materials distributed in Limber WLS
Baramulla: About one hundred earthquake-affected families who have been battling the freezing cold in the Limber Wildlife Sanctuary of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir received tents, sleeping bags and ground sheets as survival kits from Tenam Shastri of Palpung Munishasari Darma Chakra Sangh (PMDCS) on 14th and 15th December. Read more »
Click here to view the PRESENTATION(PowerPoint) & VIDEO(44mb Real Media 10) New Delhi: India joins seven other countries, notable among these, USA, UK, China and Russia, to collectively launch a Campaign Against Tiger Trafficking on the International Tiger Day tomorrow in an attempt to focus on the […] Read more »
