Tag Archives: Tiger

WTI conducts capacity building training for frontline forest staff in Gadchiroli

Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, 27 February, 2020  : Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) recently conducted a training workshop for frontline forest staff in Sironcha, Gadchiroli. The staff were sensitized and trained with knowledge on wildlife management, principals of biodiversity, camera trapping, sign-surveys, animal tracking, conflict mitigation, human-wildlife co-existence and wildlife behavior. “Gadchiroli, a […] Read more »

Local NGO help leopard cubs reunite with mother

Nashik, 22nd January: Eco Echo foundation(EEF), a Nashik-based NGO assisted the Forest department in rescuing two leopard cubs from Wadner range road. EEF has been supported by WTI’s Rapid Action Project to carry out wildlife rescue operations in Nashik area. Two abandoned leopard cubs of around 45 days old were found in […] Read more »

Alternative Livelihood Training on Pisciculture at USTR

Udantai Sitanadi Tiger Reserve, Chattisgarh, July 12, 2019 : The state of Chhattisgarh accounts for more than 42% of the forest cover in our country. However, it is being highly threatened by habitat degradation from a variety of anthropogenic pressures. Udanti Sitanadi Tiger Reserve (USTR) has rich forest cover and […] 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 »