WTI Sends Help to Sundarbans in the Amphan Aftermath
Noida, NCR, 10 June 2020: Wildlife Trust of India with its institutional commitment to address wildlife emergencies provided essential relief in 24 Parganas (south) district of West Bengal that bore the brunt of the cyclone Amphan. The Sundarbans of West Bengal were severely affected by this super cyclone, with loss […] Read more »
WTI team Successfully Mitigates Conflict with Tiger in Terai
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, 6 April 2020:In a successful attempt at defusing a critical conflict situation in which a tiger had killed two persons on 3 April, our Rapid Response Team of veterinarian, social scientist and biologist swung into action. Within a few hours, the veterinarian managed to tranquilise and capture […] 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 »
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Learning and Sharing for Tigers of the Sundarban Delta: A Transboundary Initiative
West Bengal, 20th June 2019: A three-day programme was organised in the Sundarban of West Bengal, by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and its partners in West Bengal and Bangladesh, the Lokmata Rani Rashmoni Mission and WildTeam, respectively. Under the programme, six personnel working with WildTeam Bangladesh visited the Indian […] Read more »
3rd Nagzira Nawegaon Tiger Reserve (NNTR) Stakeholder Workshop held in Gondia.
Gondia, November 30th, 2018 : Geographically connected with major tiger reserves in Central India like Kanha and Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, Pench and Tadoba- Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharshtra, the Nagzira Nawegaon Tiger Reserve (NNTR) has come a long way from being a reserve forest in 1878 to being […] Read more »
In conjunction with long-term measures it is essential that rapidly deployable and field-tested solutions to alleviate Human Wildlife Conflict be brought to the forefront. This inaugural volume of the Conservation Action Solutions series does just that, summarising ten successful conflict mitigation measures already employed by WTI, and two new ideas […] Read more »
CWRC MVS Team Chemically Restrains, Treats Injured Conflict Wild Buffalo
Tinsukia, Assam, February 6, 2017: AMobile Veterinary Service (MVS team) from IFAW-WTI’s Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) chemically immobilised and provided supportive treatment to an injured female wild buffalo at Hokunguri Tea Estate on February 4. Read more »
RAP Addresses Human-Leopard Conflict and Fall in Leopard Numbers in Rajasthan’s Jaipur District
Jaipur, Rajasthan, January 30, 2017: Leopards occupy the highest trophic level in the forests of Rajasthan’s Jaipur district. The best stealth predators among India’s big cats, they are highly adaptable and particularly adept at living close to human habitations. Read more »
Help Us Save Elephants in Assam from Train-hits
Train collisions are the fourth-largest cause of unnatural elephant mortality in the country. Read more »
