Manas National Park, Assam, May 20, 2018: A two-day Regional Workshop on best practices for mitigating human-snake conflict in North-east India was organised by IFAW-WTI at Manas National Park, Assam on 19-20 May 2018 Read more »
Manas National Park, Assam, May 20, 2018: A two-day Regional Workshop on best practices for mitigating human-snake conflict in North-east India was organised by IFAW-WTI at Manas National Park, Assam on 19-20 May 2018 Read more »
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 »
IFAW-WTI Provides Ex-Gratia Support to Family of Forest Guard Who Died on Duty in Manas
Family members of the late Lankeswar Lahkar, a forest guard who died on duty in Manas National Park Manas National Park, February 14, 2018: IFAW-WTI has provided ex-gratia support of Rs 100,000 to the family of the late Lankeswar Lahkar, employed as a Forest Guard with the Department of Environment […] Read more »
Of the three subspecies of the swamp deer in India, just about a thousand individuals of the eastern swamp deer (Rucervus duvaucelii ranjitsinhii) are left in a single population in Kaziranga. Apart from this, a tiny population also exists in Manas, the remnants of a once thriving population before civil […] Read more »
IFAW-WTI provides First-Aid Kits to Anti-Poaching Camps in Manas National Park
Through IFAW-WTI’s Greater Manas Conservation Fund, 66 first-aid kits and 20 anti-venom vials were handed over last month to HK Sarma, the Field Director of Manas National Park. Read more »
CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, January 6, 2018: Three female rhino calves that were rescued during the devastating monsoon floods that hit Kaziranga in 2016 and subsequently hand-raised at CWRC, were translocated this morning to Manas for eventual rehabilitation into the wild. Read more »
IFAW-WTI extends Litigation Support to Manas National Park
Manas National Park, Assam, December 16, 2017: As part of its multi-pronged approach to battling wildlife crime, IFAW-WTI recently included Manas as the latest Protected Area to be covered under its Litigation Project. 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 »
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 »