Participants at the workshop

Visakhapatnam: The fifth annual workshop on wildlife rehabilitation concluded today at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. It was organized from March 27 to 29 by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) in partnership with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). 

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New Delhi: Ashok Nath, a notorious wildlife trader was sentenced to three years and six months of rigorous imprisonment today within a record time. Sanjeev Jain, the Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, sentenced Nath for illegal trading of three leopard skins under section 51 (1 A) of the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972.

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Fishermen with the inflatable whale shark during an awareness campaign

Sutrapada: Parbatlala Fulbaria was surprised to find a whale shark entangled in his fishing net in one of his daily trip to the sea. The fishing boat named ‘Parasmani’ in which he was traveling looked diminutive in contrast to the giant whale shark, estimated to be [...]

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The construction site at the Okhla Bird Sanctuary

New Delhi: The Supreme Court constituted Central Empowered Committee (CEC) after a site inspection in the Okhla Bird Sanctuary today has ordered the concerned departments to remove all illegal constructions. The petition was filed by Faiyaz. A. Khudsar of the Biodiversity Conservation Trust of India in 2004 seeking [...]

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A community discussion is in progress with the Kalandars

Bhopal: A tough task of finding alternative livelihoods got underway for the Kalandars at the Kotra Sultanabad settlement in Bhopal. The Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has invited the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, Madhya Pradesh (CEDMAP) to train a group of Kalandars in various skills later this [...]

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