World’s biggest fish tagged in India
Veraval (Gujarat), December 30, 2013: As the year comes to an end, India took another small step towards learning more about the whale shark. An individual was satellite-tagged to learn more about the movement/preferences of the world’s biggest fish. Read more »
Frontline forest staff being trained and equipped in Tadoba-Navegaon Corridor
Nagbhid, January 5, 2014: Frontline forest staff of the Nagbhid and Chimur divisions gathered on Friday in the area to kick-start training on wildlife crime prevention, which is being conducted by IFAW-WTI, supported by the Maharashtra Forest Dept. Read more »
Manas, January 6, 2013: On December 13, IFAW-WTI through a Rapid Action Project, made provisions for the Manas Maozigendri Ecotourism Society (MMES) after their anti-poaching camp had been burnt down by miscreants. Read more »
Leopard skin and nail seized in Panvel, Mumbai
Panvel, January 7, 2014: The Maharashtra forest department, in an operation assisted by IFAW-WTI, arrested seven suspects in the last week of December in connection with the poaching and trade of a leopard skin and nail. Read more »
UP Forest Department staff being trained and equipped in Kanpur
Kanpur, January 17, 2014: In a bid to strengthen the existing force of the forest staff of the UP Forest Department, International Fund for Animal Welfare-Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI), at the behest of the UP Government, has organised a ten-da Read more »
Solar energy: A new life for the villagers of Mayodia village for wildlife conservation
Tiwari gaon, Lower Dibang Valley (Arunachal Pradesh), 20th January 2014: Mayodia model Village, a fringe village of Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary, with extremely irregular power supply, was empowered with solar energy equipment by Wildlife Trust of India Read more »
Celebrating Nilgiris: National Conference begins
Ooty, August 29, 2013: Commemorating the completion of silver jubilee of India’s first biosphere reserve – the Nilgiris, experts from diverse backgrounds have congregated here for the National Conference on Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. Read more »
Lesser adjutant stork chicks being treated at CWRC
Seven rare lesser adjutant stork chicks that had suffered injuries, some severe, following a storm which hit Kaziranga last week, are currently being treated at the IFAW-WTI run CWRC. Read more »
Otter pups found floating on hyacinth, admitted for hand-rearing
Kaziranga (Assam), September 10, 2013: Three small-clawed otter pups rescued from the floods in Kaziranga National Park last week are currently being hand-reared at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC). Read more »
Remarkable turnaround: No Amur falcon hunted in Doyang roosting site this season
Wokha, December 5, 2013: Over two months since the migratory Amur falcons’ arrival in Nagaland, not a single bird has been killed in their roosting site in Doyang Reservoir, reports the Amur Falcon Protection Squad (AFPS). Read more »
