The leopard caught in a leg-hold trap in Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh

Lakhimpur (Uttar Pradesh): A leopard rescued by the state forest department and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) staff at Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve was released after examination and treatment, on Sunday. Caught in a leg-hold trap set up by unidentified [...]

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A Kashmir red deer (hangul) in Dachigam National Park,
Jammu & Kashmir

Jammu: The State Board for Wildlife of Jammu & Kashmir met in Jammu yesterday to discuss issues and devise ways to tackle challenges to wildlife in the state. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah launched four Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) publications at the end of the [...]

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Grain distribution as relief for crop depredation by elephants

Distributing grain to conserve elephants
Pakke (Arunachal Pradesh), June 8, 2009: In a move away from cash compensations, 7700 kgs of rice were given away to 140 farmers whose crops were destroyed by elephants around Pakke Wildlife Sanctuary in the north-east Indian Arunachal [...]

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Guwahati (Assam): A recently-initiated project to ‘mitigate elephant mortality due to train accidents’ in Assam looks likely to be sped up following the death of a pregnant feral elephant, hit by a goods train just outside Guwahati, along the track connecting Azara to Kamakhya, yesterday. 

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