Greater Manas frontline staff undergoes Wildlife Crime Prevention training
Manas, Nov 17, 2013: Under the IFAW-WTI Wildlife Crime Prevention Training programme, 100 forest staff of Manas National Park, Manas Reserve Forest, Kachugaon Reserve Forest and Ripu Reserve Forest in Greater Manas are targetted to be trained. Read more »
Sixth family of eastern hoolock gibbons shifted to Mehao WLS
Dello, November 20, 2013: Continuing efforts of conserving the last of India’s apes, the IFAW-WTI team in collaboration with the Arunachal Pradesh State Forest Department successfully captured and released two eastern hoolock gibbons. Read more »
IFAW-WTI and BTC’s Department of Education collaborate to Paint Manas Green
Baksa, November 20, 2013: As part of the IFAW-WTI Animal Action Education Programme, the young boys and girls of Kahetima High School joined their teachers, local artists and Read more »
To sensitise the media to the nuances of wildlife conservation, with a concentration on human-animal conflict mitigation, a one day meet was organised by the WTI team with support from Aircel, on November 27 in Dudhwa National Park. Read more »
Lone female wild buffalo gives birth to yet another male
Udanti (Chhattisgarh), December 1, 2013: Adding another individual to the critically low population of the State Animal in Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary, the lone female wild buffalo gave birth to her fifth male calf this week. Read more »
Rescue Centre and Mobile Veterinary Service Launched in Simlipal
Simlipal, April 19, 2014: To facilitate rescue of wild animals in Simlipal Tiger Reserve (STR), (WTI) in collaboration with the Forest Department and Animal Works (AW), launched a rescue centre and Mobile Veterinary Service. Read more »
Hundreds of birds injured during kite-flying festival
Bhavnagar, January 24, 2014: The year has started on a desolate note for conservationists and animal activists of Bhavnagar (Gujarat) and Jaipur (Rajasthan) with over 300 birds being severely injured in the kite flying festival of Uttarayan. Read more »
Nilgai safely rescued and translocated from busy south-Delhi locality
Delhi, January 7, 2014: An International Fund for Animal Welfare-Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) team rescued an adult male nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) from the heart of a busy locality in south Delhi on Friday, January 3. Read more »
Critically Endangered Gharials satellite-tagged, released for restocking
Patna (Bihar), April 19, 2014: Six captive-bred gharials (Gavialis gangeticus) were satellite-tagged and released in the River Gandak, bordering Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar, as part of the restocking of this critically-endangered reptile in the wild Read more »
Crusader for elephants, Mark Shand passes away
New Delhi, April 24, 2014: Mark Shand, Founder of UK-based charity Elephant Family, and a close friend of the WTI family, passed away yesterday following an unfortunate accident at an event hosted to raise funds for wildlife conservation in New York. Read more »
