Jackal pups in a hollow tree trunk within their enclosure at
the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), Assam

Kaziranga (Assam): A pair of jackal pups, found in a tea estate near Kaziranga National Park, Assam is being hand-raised by International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) since middle of March, 2009.  [...]

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Accused with the seized trophies

Pallivasal (Kerala): Two persons were arrested in Pallivasal, Munnar, on Saturday, for illegal attempts to sell stuffed and mounted wild animal trophies. Mounted heads of a tiger and a leopard were seized from the accused.

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Oriental bay owl at CWRC

Bokakhat (Assam): A rare Oriental bay owl awaits its return to the wild at the IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) near Kaziranga National Park, Assam. It was admitted to CWRC yesterday by Assam Forest Department officials. The owl will be released tonight near the site of its [...]

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Plant saplings being given away at a nominal amount
to encourage afforestation

Diphu (Karbi Anglong): To bring home the importance of biodiversity conservation, the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) Forest Department set up an elaborate stall at the 21st Karbi Lammet Amei (Karbi Literary Conference), recently held at Phuloni near Diphu. Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), supported [...]

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A nesting olive ridley turtle

Orissa: In March this year, two years since it last witnessed ‘arribada’, the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary in Orissa has seen the spectacular mass-nesting of olive ridley sea turtles. While there has been much excitement and relief to have the nesting turtles back in Gahirmatha; the sporadic nesting, which had begun two months earlier in unprotected adjacent beaches, went almost unnoticed.

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