Similipal Tiger Reserve gets a new Mobile Veterinary Service
Similipal Tiger Reserve, May 15, 2014: To facilitate rescue of wild animals in STR, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) in collaboration with the Forest Department and Animal Works (AW), has launched a Mobile Veterinary Service in the biosphere reserve. Read more »
Vivek Menon’s Indian Mammals – A Field Guide launched
Dehradun, May 20, 2014: Today saw the launch of Indian Mammals- A Field Guide, by the ED and CEO of WTI, Vivek Menon. The much-awaited second edition of the guide was launched in the Wildlife Institute of India by the Director of IGNFA R K Goel. Read more »
Tiger Watch Programme ends on a positive note
Panna Tiger Reserve, March 14, 2014: This year’s Tiger Watch Programme, jointly organised by IFAW-WTI in collaboration with the Global Tiger Forum (GTF) ended on a positive note for parties of India and Russia. Read more »
Notorious poacher Sansar Chand reported dead
Alwar, March 18, 2014: Notorious poacher Sansar Chand, accused of the trade and poaching of countless tigers has reportedly passed away in the Alwar District Hospital today. Read more »
Mehao, March 14, 2014: In what has been the quickest operation so far, the team from IFAW-WTI, in collaboration with the Arunachal Forest Department, have captured captured and released another family of the endangered Eastern hoolock gibbons. Read more »
March 31, 2014: WTI's Jose Louies recounts a visit to Central India, with the IFAW-WTI team, pondering if by creating alternative livelihoods in India, tigers and humans may live more peaceful lives. Read more »
Four hand-reared elephant calves shifted to Manas
Manas (Bodoland, Assam), April 11, 2014: Four orphaned Asian elephant calves were moved to Manas National Park this week by the Assam Forest Department and International Fund for Animal Welfare - Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI). Read more »
Exposure visit to Kaziranga by members of Nagaland’s Wokha community
Kaziranga, April 2, 2014: In a bid to boost conservation efforts amongst the locals of Wokha district, an exposure visit to Kaziranga was organised in March 2014 for the members of the village council as well as other members of the community. Read more »
Leopard skin and nails seized in Maharashtra
Pandharkawada, April 8, 2014: In a quick operation over April 3 and 4, the Maharashtra Forest Department with the assistance of Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) seized one leopard skin and two nails near Pandharkawada, around 150 km away from Nagpur. Read more »
Winners declared for nation-wide IFAW-WTI Animal Action Education art contest
New Delhi, May 22, 2014: Three students from South India and seven others have been declared winners and runners-up for the national level painting competition on the theme ‘Elephants, Never Forget’, organised as part of the IFAW-WTI AAE programme. Read more »
