IFAW-WTI Organises Wall Painting Event and Conservation Awareness Workshop for Students near Manas
Howly, Assam, March 24, 2018: Working in collaboration with the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), IFAW-WTI organised a wildlife conservation and biodiversity-themed workshop and wall painting programme in the town of Howly in Assam’s Barpeta district yesterday. About 250 students from DIET as well as ten schools across […] Read more »
Manas National Park, Assam, March 21, 2018: Six orphaned female elephant calves that had been hand-raised at CWRC; the wildlife rescue, treatment and rehabilitation facility jointly run by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the Assam Forest Department near Kaziranga National Park – have been translocated to Manas National Park, where they will be acclimatised and eventually rehabilitated back to the wild. . Read more »
Western Assam MVS Helps Rehabilitate Two Himalayan Griffon Vultures Back to the Wild
Charaikhola, Bodoland Territorial Area District, January 17, 2018: Working in concert with the Assam Forest Department, IFAW-WTI’s Western Assam MVS unit successfully rehabilitated two rescued Himalayan Griffon vultures into the wild on January 10. Read more »
Meet Ganga’s Grandson, the Latest Rhino Calf Born in Manas National Park
Manas National Park, Assam, November 16, 2017: The first calf born to Ganga, one of the rhinos rehabilitated into Manas National Park under IFAW-WTI and the Assam Forest Department’s Greater Manas Recovery Project, was sighted with her own firstborn, a male, at 8.30am today. Ganga was rescued in Kaziranga in […] Read more »
Western Assam MVS Helps Rehabilitate Two Rescued Leopard Cats Back to the Wild
The leopard cats being transported to the release site in the forests of Bhumeshwar Pahar Charaikhola, Bodoland Territorial Area District, November 6, 2017: Working in concert with the Assam Forest Department, IFAW-WTI’s Western Assam Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) unit, established under the Greater Manas Recovery Project, successfully rehabilitated two rescued […] Read more »
Foundation Stone Laid to Formally Mark the Historic ‘First Addition’ to Manas National Park
Chirang, Bodoland Territorial Area District, October 31, 2017: The Chirang Forest Division, with IFAW-WTI’s support, organised a formal inauguration event for the First Addition to Manas National Park, involving the laying of a foundation stone. Read more »
Manas National Park, Assam, October 15, 2017: A street play performed by students from Bansbari, a village on the fringes of Manas National Park, was staged on Park Opening Day, October 15, at the park entrance gate. Read more »
Manas National Park, Assam, September 3, 2017: ‘Jamuna’, a female rhino that had been rehabilitated into the wild by IFAW-WTI in 2010, has given birth to her second calf in Manas this morning. Read more »
With the signing and formal issuance of a Final Gazette Notification by the Government of Assam, an area of 350 sq km from the eastern part of the Manas Reserve Forest has now been officially declared as the First Addition to Manas National Park. Read more »
