Hanging Fences Protect People and Elephants in Manas
Manas National Park, 7 May 2020: An effective solution to mitigate human elephant conflict was successfully tested and shows promise in Manas. Wildlife Trust of India’s team had installed 5 km of hanging fence along the Manas National Park boundary to keep elephants out of human inhabited areas. Conventional fences […] Read more »
WTI assists in Wild Buffalo translocation to Chhattisgarh
Barnawapara, 23 April 2020: In a meticulously planned and historic operation, the Chhattisgarh forest department has with the active support of the Wildlife Trust of India translocated two wild buffaloes – one male and one female, from Manas National Park in Assam to the Conservation Breeding Centre in Barnawapara, about […] Read more »
Month Old Rhino Calf Rescued Near Kaziranga
Deopani, Kaziranga National Park, 19 April 2020: A month old male rhino calf, separated from its mother was rescued by Wildlife Trust of India’s veterinary team from the Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) near Kaziranga. The forest staff of west Bandardubi forest camp (Kaziranga National Park) were the […] Read more »
Wild Elephant Treated Ex Situ by WTI Veterinarian
Golaghat, Assam, 31 March 2020: Residents around Bijuli Reserve Forest were greatly concerned about the presence of a wild elephant in the vicinity, especially during the nationwide lockdown when people were supposed to remain at home. Wildlife veterinarian Samshul Ali from the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) attended […] Read more »
WTI’s Mobile Veterinary Service Capacity Building Training in Eastern Assam
Makum, Assam, 25 February, 2020: Wildlife Trust of India’s Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) in Eastern Assam recently conducted an advanced training workshop at the Assam Forest Guard School, Makum. This workshop a follow up to an earlier workshop held in September was aimed at training the attendees from the Eastern […] Read more »
Staging ‘DWI’ during DWIJING Festival
10 January, 2020, Chirang, BTAD, Assam: Dwijing is a popular festival in Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD) of Assam and is celebrated across a span of twelve days from December 27 to January 7, every year near the Aie River flowing through the Chirang district. There are seven rivers in the upstream and […] Read more »
Leopard rescue in Dibrugarh Town
Dibrugarh, August 22, 2019: A very difficult rescue operation was conducted successfully by our team of veterinarian, biologist and animal keeper when a leopard was released back to the wild after being tranquilised and removed safely from a house surrounded by a large mob. The sighting of a leopard sitting […] Read more »
When Assam Floods displace animals, humans step in to help
Kaziranga, August 23, 2019: Almost a month after the flood waters submerged 95 percent of Kaziranga National Park, the wildlife rescue centre we run near this UNESCO World Heritage Site has five new resident rhino calves. Rescued under various situations from swirling floodwaters or separated from their mothers, the rhino […] Read more »
Tiger caught sleeping on bed in Assam home after fleeing the Kaziranga Floods
Kaziranga, Assam, July 19, 2019 : Floodwaters bring in the most unlikely guests. This time it was a tiger at a house in Harmouti in the Kohora range, relaxing on a bed. The IFAW-WTI- Assam Forest Department teams initially considered tranquilising the tiger but finally decided to give it a safe […] Read more »
WTI- IFAW organises wildlife crime prevention training in Greater Manas for frontline forest staff
Geater Manas, Assam, 21 June, 2019: With the rise in concern over issues related to hunting and trading in wildlife, the Wildlife (Protection) Act was enacted in 1972. Back then, it attempted to stop such practices in letter and spirit. This is understood with the fact that the Environment (Protection) […] Read more »
