Testing new ways of curbing elephant train-hits in India
Walayar, May 22 2014: In what may prove to be a plausible solution to elephant train-hits, an Animal Detection System (ADS) was tested for the first time in India last month as part of WTI-RAP. Read more »
IFAW-WTI hosts pioneering training to enhance wildlife conviction rates
Kaziranga, Assam, 9th June 2014: In order to tackle low conviction rates in wildlife crimes in the country, IFAW-WTI has initiated a pioneering training to facilitate accurate offense report filing. Read more »
Anti-poaching field kit to aid the forest staff of Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary
Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, June 6, 2014: To augment anti-poaching work in Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), through a Rapid Action Project (RAP) supported by CAF India and Lightorati, provided 61 field kits as well as four tents for the forest staff and anti-poaching watchers of the […] Read more »
Otter skins seized in north India; family of traders bared
Baddi (Himachal Pradesh), June 10, 2014: The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of the Himachal Pradesh Police, assisted by the IFAW-WTI team seized nine otter skins from a trader last weekend. Read more »
M.Sc. in Wildlife Conservation Action
Wildlife Trust of India and Bharati Vidyapeeth University (Pune) have jointly implemented various courses in Wildlife Conservation Action since July 2014. Read more »
Miniature Portraits: Shawl for a Legend
June 19, 2014: Peruse through Vivek Menon's blog on meeting one of the biggest legends of wildlife- Sir David Attenborough. Read about the conversations which ensued over Chardonnay and the very special shawl from Assam gifted to the luminary. Read more »
Written by Vivek Menon on his excursion in the Botanic Gardens of Kew in London, he takes the reader into the fascinating and quintessential world of the English flora. Read more »
The IFAW-WTI Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation had a very special visitor. Read Subhamoy Bhattacharjee's account as he recounts this juvenile's short visit. Read more »
IFAW-WTI hosts pioneering training to enhance wildlife conviction rates
Kaziranga, Assam, 18th June 2014: A 10 day long pioneering workshop hosted by IFAW-WTI to facilitate accurate offense report filing ended on a high note today. Read more... Read more »
Elephant calf rescued by local people from river; admitted to CWRC
A female elephant calf recently rescued from Jia-Bharali river in northern Assam by local people, has been admitted to the IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) for rehabilitation. Read more... Read more »
