Wildlife Trust of India Launches a New Rapid Response Team in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh, 14th May 2018: To address and mitigate human wildlife conflict in the Dudhwa-Pilibhit Landscape, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) launched its second Rapid Response Team (RRT) in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve. Read more »
WTI and UP Forest Department Rescue Tiger from Abandoned Rubber Factory in Bareilly
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, May 04, 2018: A young male tiger that had taken refuge inside an abandoned rubber factory in Bareilly was captured yesterday by members of WTI's Rapid Response Team, working in concert with personnel from the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department. Read more »
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, April 17, 2018: “Living with the Wild”, a Conservation Action Report based on the work jointly undertaken by the UP Forest Department and WTI in the Dudhwa-Pilibhit landscape, was released by Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya, Deputy Chief Minister, Govt. of UP Read more »
WTI Assists UP Forest Department in Releasing Conflict Tiger Back into the Wild
Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, March 9, 2018: A young male tiger that had been captured by the UP Forest Department four days ago was released back into the wild this morning, in an operation orchestrated by the forest department with the assistance of WTI and WWF-India. Read more »
First-hand Account: Capturing the Man-eater of Pilibhit
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, February 20, 2017: Nine days ago, a WTI Rapid Response Team assisted the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department in tranquilising and capturing a tiger that was declared a man-eater after having killed multiple people in the fringe areas of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve. Read more »
Living with the Wild: Mitigating Conflict between Humans and Big Cat Species in Uttar Pradesh
This Conservation Action Series report outlines a holistic model of conflict mitigation that evolved under Wildlife Trust of India’s Uttar Pradesh Big Cat Conflict Mitigation Project (now the Terai Tiger Project), run in partnership with the state forest department. The field tested approach thus developed involves a sustained process of […] Read more »
A multi-pronged approach to mitigating conflict between humans and big cat species in and around Dudhwa and Pilibhit Tiger Reserves, including the promotion of community participation in conflict mitigation. Read more »
