WTI’s Wildlife Crime Control Team helps bust an Illegal Wildlife Trade Racket in Assam
Tinsukia, 20 February 2021 Comments left on a popular video blogging site led to the bust of an illegal wildlife trade racket and a new life for a pangolin rescued during the operation. On February 18, WTI’s team assisted the Indian government’s Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) seize a live […] Read more »
Valmikinagar, Bihar, 10 February 2021 WTI’s Wildlife Crime Control Division (WCCD) recently conducted a wildlife crime prevention training for the frontline staff of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar on 3rd – 5th February, 2021 Valmiki TR spanning 899 sq.km along the Indo-Nepal border in the West Champaran district of Bihar […] Read more »
Wildlife Trust of India assists in major seizure in Jammu & Kashmir
Anantnag, Kashmir, 30 January 2021 In the early hour of last Saturday, 08 leopard pelts, 38 bear biles, 04 musk pods were recovered from Anantnag in multiple raids conducted by Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, Govt of India aided by Wildlife Trust of India’s Enforcement Division (WCCD). While, 05 Leopard pelts, […] Read more »
Stolen Vahans leaving the Goddess stranded
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Wildlife Trust of India trains frontline forest staff in UP and Karnataka
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 9 November 2020: WTI’s Wildlife Crime Control Division (WCCD) has trained frontline staff in three protected areas from two different geographies of the country in the last two months. In the terai arc, frontline staff from both the forest and the wildlife divisions of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve […] Read more »
Serendipity Wildlife Foundation conducts a Wildlife Crime Workshop at WTI HQ
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 13 March 2020: Last Saturday (7th of March) the Wildlife Trust of India’s HQ witnessed an interesting workshop on “Fighting Wildlife Crime with Forensics” by Ravi Perera, CEO, Serendipity Wildlife Foundation. The workshop was attended by WTI staff, law and enforcement officials from Wildlife Crime Control Bureau […] Read more »
Wildlife Trust of India conducts workshop on Prevention of Illegal Wildlife Trade in Ladakh
Leh, December 5, 2019: The land of high mountain passes, rarefied air and cold desert has seen a huge inflow of tourists since 2010. With new sources of livelihood for the local residents here, the increased inflow of people also brought in new challenges for wildlife conservation and pollution to […] Read more »
Vivek Menon wins the prestigious Clark R. Bavin award for excellence in combatting wildlife crime
21 August 2019, Geneva Vivek Menon, founder, trustee, executive director and CEO of Wildlife Trust of India, wins the Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Award, 2019 for a decades-long career training more than 20,000 wildlife enforcement officers in more than 50 countries; documenting, prioritizing and securing elephant corridors in […] 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 »
HAWK’s eye- Watching over poachers!
Trivandrum, Kerala : Poaching and trade of wildlife especially that commands high-price has always been a major challenge faced by conservation and enforcement agencies across the world. The network of wildlife crime is well organised and that makes it difficult to deal without proper intelligence gathering, operation planning, and prosecution of […] Read more »
