Quick action by authorities saves elephant calf from displacement
Kaziranga: Quick and proactive action by the Assam Forest Department officials and local people saved an elephant calf from being displaced from its natal herd in Golaghat district. Read more »
WTI’s legal cell cases on policy Issues
Wildlife Trust of India v. State of Karnataka The case challenged establishment of a paramilitary shooting range on the fringes of Bannerghata National Park, Karnataka. The Karnataka High Court ordered removal of CRPF from the shooting range. CRPF has carried out the order. Ashok Kumar v. State of Bihar and […] Read more »
Burmese tribesmen poaching tigers in Tibet: Schaller
New Delhi: The tiger is being relentlessly poached in the north-east Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and in the contiguous forests in the neighbouring Tibet Autonomous Region of China by poachers from Burma, renowned biologist George Schaller said. Read more »
WTI staff part of Indian delegation to CITES
New Delhi: During the year, WTI continued to provide support to CITES issues. WTI attended two CITES Standing Committees meetings (Paris and Geneva), one Animals Committee meeting in the United States. WTI personnel were on the Indian delegation. Read more »
SC expresses concern over funds mismanagement in Tiger Reserves
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on April 8 expressed concern over financial mismanagement in wildlife parks. It expressed concern over the way funds were being diverted by the states for other uses. The Court was hearing a petition filed by Mr. Ashok Kumar, Trustee, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), highlighting […] Read more »
Actor Pierce Brosnan makes personal, global appeal to save whales
New Delhi: Actor turned whale conservationist, Pierce Brosnan, has launched a personal and compassionate appeal to save the world’s great whales, and has partnered with International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), WTI’s international partner, to do so. Read more »
Allahabad High Court verdict to save Sarus cranes
New Delhi: The Allahabad High Court on March 19, 2002 stopped the draining of five wetlands crucial for the survival of the world’s largest concentration of the endangered Sarus cranes. These five wetlands in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which are home to over 33 per cent of […] Read more »
CRPF firing range in Bannerghatta National Park being vacated
Bangalore: The Central Reserve Police Force is in the process of vacating the 553 acres that it had occupied in the reserve forest adjoining Bannerghatta National Park. On September 12, 2001, the Karnataka High Court, in a landmark judgement had stopped the CRPF from setting up a firing range inside […] Read more »
World’s largest tiger skin just a mouse-click away
New Delhi: For bazee.com, it was just another auction. But for Wildlife Trust of India it was an eye-opener. A tiger skin was under the hammer for $1 million on the site, and was being touted as the world’s largest tiger skin, at 11ft 7 inches. Read more »
WTI files writ petition to save the Sarus Crane’s habitat
New Delhi: The Allahabad High Court today admitted a writ petition that seeks to stop the Uttar Pradesh State Government from draining the wetlands in the districts of Etawah and Mainpuri, which provide shelter to the world’s largest concentration of Sarus Cranes. Read more »
