Boat repair and Life-Jacket aid to Corbett
New Delhi: There was a request from the Corbett Tiger Reserve for 15 life jackets and the repair of four patrolling boats. These life jackets and boat repairs are required as guards need to patrol the reserve even during monsoon in boats. As during the monsoon roads get washed off […] Read more »
Tribal villages join hands for protection of Pakke Tiger Reserve
Arunachal Pradesh: Following the formation of “Ghora Aabhe” a committee comprising heads of sixteen villages for protection of the Pakke Tiger Reserve in the Eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, the protection of the reserve has vastly improved, an official said. Read more »
77 elephants examined at Sonepur Mela health camp
SONEPUR: The mammoth creatures that trundled into the rural jamboree were all but healthy. The least they could have asked for was being checked for ailments – and that they were. The Sonepur Mela health camp for elephants was a success for the second year running. Read more »
SLOTH BEAR REHABILITATION CENTRE INAUGURATED
BANGALORE: Freed from the clutches of their captors, these sloth bears will now have a chance to be as wild as they can get. A bear rehabilitation centre which will house 22 rescued bears was inaugurated today at the Bannerghatta Biological Park near here. Read more »
KEEPING A VIGILANCE ON POACHERS: M KALAN
New Delhi: For someone who had never even been to Ooty, a few hours from his hometown of Mudumalai, the three-day gruelling journey by train to New Delhi was indeed a long haul. That he would have at any cost, for he was here to receive the WTI Van Rakshak […] Read more »
WILDLIFE REHABILITATION WORKSHOP CONCLUDES IN PUNE
Pune: Theoretical classes, practical sessions, group discussions and a field trip marked the third annual wildlife rehabilitation workshop conducted under the aegis of the Wild Rescue programme of the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and Animals in Crisis and Distress (AICD) division of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) […] Read more »
Two tiger skins seized in Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi: Two tiger skins were seized at Padrauna close to the border with Nepal. The Wildlife Trust of India assisted in this seizure, which took place on March 1, 2002. Read more »
WTI succeeds in making Bazee.com change its policy on sale of animal parts
Last week, WTI’s undercover agent bid for a tiger skin on Bazee.com, which was up for auction at $1 million. Posing as Andrew Jhonson, of New York, WTI’s undercover agent bid for the skin and won the bid. WTI had pointed out this sale to ministry officials, to verify the […] Read more »
Olive Ridley turtles nest en masse on Orissa coast after two-year absence
New Delhi: Olive Ridley sea turtles turned up for mass nesting this season, after having stayed away from the Rushikulya river mouth on the Orissa coast for two consecutive years. Mr Biswajit Mohanty, Secretary of the Wildlife Society of Orissa (WSO), which is an NGO partner of WTI, writes from […] Read more »
MINING COMPANIES DEVASTATING JAMWA RAMGARH SANCTUARY
New Delhi: Reckless mining by companies for luxury items consumed in India and abroad are devastating a critical watershed forest for wildlife and local communities in the western state of Rajasthan in India. Read more »
