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	<title>Wildlife Trust of India - NEWS</title>
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	<description>News about Wildlife Trust of India and its efforts for Wildlife Conservaton in india.</description>
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		<title>Sansar Chand convicted in 15-year-old case</title>
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File photo: Sansar Chand (second from left)




New    Delhi: In a rare verdict convicting one  of the country’s most infamous  wildlife criminals, Sansar Chand was yesterday held  guilty by a city  court hearing a 15-year-old case of illegal possession of a  leopard  skin.
The judgment  was  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/08/22/sansar-chand-convicted-in-15-year-old-case/</link>
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		<title>Captive elephant, python, shells confiscated in Uttarakhand</title>
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The elephant confiscated in Nirmal Akhada, Haridwar






Delhi: In three different raids, a captive elephant, a python, and shells were seized in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, yesterday. Three persons have been arrested.
The raids were conducted by the Uttarakhand Forest Deparment assisted by the People for Animals (PfA) and the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI).
In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/05/31/captive-elephant-python-shells-confiscated-in-uttarakhand/</link>
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		<title>Bear cub rescued in Assam; to be rehabilitated</title>
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Bear cub being bottle-fed by Prasanta Das, animal keeper, CWRC






Kaziranga (Assam): A displaced two-month old Asiatic black bear cub has been admitted to the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) near Kaziranga National Park for hand-raising and eventual rehabilitation back in the wild.
The cub was brought to CWRC from the house of local person [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/05/20/bear-cub-rescued-in-assam-to-be-rehabilitated/</link>
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		<title>Experts meet to discuss elephant conservation in Tamil Nadu</title>
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Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu): Elephant conservationists and forest officials of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu met today at Coimbatore, beginning a two-day workshop to discuss initiatives undertaken and plan potential future activities for long-term conservation of Asian elephants in the state.
The workshop on ‘elephant corridor securement and human-elephant conflict mitigation’ brings together experts who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/04/09/experts-meet-to-discuss-elephant-conservation-in-tamil-nadu/</link>
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		<title>Wildlife trader sentenced to one year in prison</title>
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File photo: Wildlife articles seized in Majnu-ka-Tila, Delhi in April 2005.




New Delhi: Bishan Singh, arrested in Delhi in March 1997 for illegal trade in desert cat and fishing cat articles, was today sentenced to a year in prison by the Court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Dig Vinay Singh. He has also been fined [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/04/05/wildlife-trader-sentenced-to-one-year-in-prison/</link>
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		<title>Conflict tiger captured in Upper Assam; to be released in Manas</title>
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The captured tiger at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), near Kaziranga National Park, Assam




Sivasagar (Assam): An adult male tiger whose attack led to the death of two persons in Sivasagar district in the northeast Indian state of Assam, was tranquilised and captured on Monday by the Forest Department assisted by International Fund [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/04/01/conflict-tiger-captured-in-upper-assam-to-be-released-in-manas-3/</link>
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		<title>CITES votes for elephants, reaffirms opposition to tiger farming</title>
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File photo: African elephants in Amboseli, Kenya




New Delhi,  March 25, 2010: While a number of decisions in the 15th CITES Conference of the Parties (CoP 15) in Doha, Qatar, swayed against conservation, elephants and tigers were a little less unfortunate with the parties voting against ivory trade and breeding tigers for their body parts.
Proposals [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/03/25/cites-votes-for-elephants-reaffirms-opposition-to-tiger-farming/</link>
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		<title>Handraised clouded leopards undergo night acclimatisation</title>
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Night acclimatisation of the handraised clouded leopards




Kokrajhar (Assam): Moving to the next phase in the ongoing rehabilitation of the two handraised clouded leopards in Greater Manas, the Bodoland Territorial Council – International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India (BTC-IFAW-WTI) has now initiated their night acclimatisation.









One of the clouded leopard cubs drags an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/03/19/handraised-clouded-leopards-undergo-night-acclimatisation/</link>
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		<title>Whale shark underwater photography initiated in Gujarat</title>
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Underwater photograph of a whale shark, taken after the fish was rescued by fishermen off the Veraval coast in Gujarat




Veraval (Gujarat): Marine conservationists in the western Indian state of Gujarat have obtained first underwater photographs of a whale shark in India, to be used in scientific study of the species.
The photographs were taken as part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/03/16/whale-shark-underwater-photography-initiated-in-gujarat/</link>
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		<title>Vultures, migratory geese poisoned in Assam; six geese successfully treated at CWRC</title>
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Geese  being released, following their treatment at CWRC



Sivasagar (Assam): Six Himalayan griffon vultures and a number of migratory geese were killed due to poisoning in Sivasagar district of the northeast Indian state of Assam last week. Six of the poisoned geese were treated at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), and released.
Authorities [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/02/23/vultures-migratory-geese-poisoned-in-assam-six-geese-successfully-treated-at-cwrc/</link>
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		<title>Forest Department, WTI train frontline staff in UP for wildlife monitoring</title>
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Dudhwa (Uttar  Pradesh): A group of frontline forest staff in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh was trained on widely-used scientific techniques to help track, monitor and estimate abundance of tigers and their prey, last week.
The three-day training was jointly organised by the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department and the Wildlife Trust of India [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/02/11/forest-department-wti-train-frontline-staff-in-up-for-wildlife-monitoring/</link>
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		<title>Seizure of horns raises fears of trade as threat to wild buffaloes</title>
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File photo: Wild buffaloes in Kaziranga National Park, Assam.






Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal): Authorities in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal have seized a huge cache of horns, suspected to belong to the endangered wild buffalo, raising fears of trade as a potential threat to the species of which less than 4000 individuals remain in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/02/10/seizure-of-horns-raises-fears-of-trade-as-threat-to-wild-buffaloes/</link>
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		<title>Court denies bail to interstate wildlife trade gang members</title>
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File photo: Leopard and otter skins seized in Majnu-ka-Tila in 2005




Nagpur: The Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nagpur, yesterday denied bail to the eight persons arrested in November last year for illegal trade in wildlife articles including tiger skins and bones. 
The accused were apprehended in a joint operation by the Central Bureau of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/02/09/court-denies-bail-to-interstate-wildlife-trade-gang-members/</link>
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		<title>Tiger skin seized in Kerala; three arrested, search on for hunters</title>
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The three accused in custody, display the seized tiger skin






Kozhikode: A tiger skin was seized from three traders in Kozhikode district in Kerala following an undercover operation by the Forest Department earlier this month. The traders have been arrested and a search has been initiated to nab the people who killed the tiger.







Bullet mark on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/01/15/tiger-skin-seized-in-kerala-three-arrested-search-on-for-hunters/</link>
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		<title>Rare black panther under treatment at CWRC</title>
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IFAW-WTI veterinarians and animal keepers attend to the black panther at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC)






Kaziranga (Assam): A severely injured rare black  panther (Panthera pardus) is being treated at the Centre for Wildlife  Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) near Kaziranga  National Park in the northeastern  Indian state of Assam.







The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/01/14/rare-black-panther-under-treatment-at-cwrc/</link>
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		<title>Shahtoosh trader convicted</title>
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File photo: A Tibetan antelope








Delhi: A shahtoosh trader was today convicted by a city court here. The Court of Dig Vinay Singh, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Delhi, convicted Mohammed Ishaq Baig, accused of illegal possession and trade in banned shahtoosh shawls.
The prosecution was conducted by the office of the Chief Wildlife Warden, Government of Delhi. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/01/11/shahtoosh-trader-convicted/</link>
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		<title>WTI provides support to strengthen anti-poaching activities in Orang</title>
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File photo: A greater one-horned rhinoceros in Orang National Park, Assam






Orang (Assam): A set of equipment to facilitate anti-poaching activities in Assam’s Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park was handed over to the park authorities by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) earlier this month. 
“The equipment provided by WTI is being used by our staff [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2009/12/31/wti-provides-support-to-strengthen-anti-poaching-activities-in-orang/</link>
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		<title>Blackbuck killed by poachers; manhunt on</title>
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Jodhpur (Rajasthan): A blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) was shot dead by poachers in the outskirts of Rawar village in Jodhpur district, Rajasthan, yesterday. A case has been filed against two accused persons &#8211; residents of a nearby Bala village &#8211; who are absconding. 
The hunters reportedly escaped as the villagers – alerted by the gunshot [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2009/12/28/blackbuck-killed-by-poachers-manhunt-on/</link>
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		<title>Second phase of WSPA-WTI sloth bear campaign begins</title>
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Streetplay artists perform in Tarevada, Sambalpur, Orissa, to spread awareness on sloth bear conservation






Sambalpur (Orissa): Continuing their efforts to spread awareness on the plight of sloth bears to reduce illegal trade, the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the World Society for the Protections of Animals (WSPA) began the second phase of their sloth bear [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2009/12/28/second-phase-of-wspa-wti-sloth-bear-campaign-begins/</link>
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		<title>Wildlife Board of Jammu &amp; Kashmir meets to discuss challenges</title>
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A Kashmir red deer (hangul) in Dachigam National Park,
Jammu &#38; Kashmir





Jammu: The State Board for Wildlife of Jammu &#38; 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2009/12/22/wildlife-board-of-jammu-kashmir-meets-to-discuss-challenges/</link>
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		<title>Court grants bail to shahtoosh trade accused</title>
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Tibetan antelopes in the Chang Thang plateau, Tibet







 
New    Delhi: The Court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Special Act) Dig Vinay Singh today, under strict conditions, granted bail to the Kashmir Government Arts Emporium Manager, who was arrested last week in the Indian capital for trade in banned shahtoosh shawls.
The accused, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2009/12/10/court-grants-bail-to-shahtoosh-trade-accused/</link>
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		<title>Two leopard skins seized near Valmiki Tiger Reserve</title>
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The seized leopard skins







 
Valmikinagar (Bihar): The Bihar forest department assisted by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) seized two leopard skins and apprehended four wildlife traders in Valmikinagar near Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar, along the Indo-Nepal border, last week.
The traders were trapped following an undercover operation that began about three months ago. The accused [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2009/12/09/two-leopard-skins-seized-near-valmiki-tiger-reserve/</link>
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		<title>Forest Department frontline staff trained in Dachigam</title>
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Dr Rakesh Kumar Singh imparts training to the  frontline staff of
Dachigam National Park, Jammu and Kashmir







Dachigam National Park (Jammu &#38; Kashmir): The Department of Wildlife, Jammu &#38; Kashmir and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), supported by the Care for the Wild International (CWI) organised a two-day intensive training for frontline staff of Dachigam National [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2009/12/01/forest-department-frontline-staff-trained-in-dachigam/</link>
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		<title>More orphaned bear cubs head for the wild in Pakke</title>
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Walking the bears in Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal  Pradesh








Pakke  (Arunachal Pradesh): Three orphaned Asiatic   black bear cubs are being walked in Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal  Pradesh, for  acclimatisation, and eventual rehabilitation in the wild.
The  rehabilitation  is being carried out by the Arunachal Pradesh Forest  Department and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2009/11/13/more-orphaned-bear-cubs-head-for-the-wild-in-pakke/</link>
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		<title>Skin seized from Sreeleather showroom belongs to blackbuck, confirms ZSI</title>
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Skin seized from the showroom in Kolkata







Kolkata: The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has confirmed that the skin seized from the premises of a Sreeleather showroom in Kolkata in May this year belongs to a blackbuck – a Schedule I species.
The skin was confiscated in a joint operation by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2009/11/09/skin-seized-from-sreeleather-showroom-belongs-to-blackbuck-confirms-zsi/</link>
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		<title>High Court says no to construction in elephant habitat</title>
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File photo: A herd of  Asian elephants in south India






Chennai: The Madras High Court, in an interim judgment Thursday, passed the ruling in favour of the Tamil Nadu Forest Department in a case against private establishments which obstructed movement of wild elephants in Segur Plateau and around Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. The next date for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2009/11/09/high-court-says-no-to-construction-in-elephant-habitat/</link>
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		<title>Indo-Nepal authorities’ recommendations for effective wildlife enforcement in western border</title>
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Wildlife enforcement and legal workshop in Dharchula, Uttarakhand






Dharchula (Uttarakhand): Authorities who met at the wildlife enforcement and legal workshop last week in Dharchula, Uttarakhand, unanimously recommended institutionalization of cross border coordination and joint enforcement operations, among others, for effective wildlife trade control along the western Indo-Nepal border. The recommendations will soon be submitted to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2009/10/29/indo-nepal-authorities%e2%80%99-recommendations-for-effective-wildlife-enforcement-in-western-border/</link>
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		<title>Lack of funds threaten critically-endangered Amur leopards in Russian Primorski region</title>
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Amur leopard photocaptured in a camera trap survey done by WCS and ISUNR






Primorski (Russia): Despite being home to the Amur leopard – one of the world’s most endangered large cat species with just about 30-35 wild individuals remaining, Kedrovaya Pad Nature Reserve in the south-western Primorski region in Russia has been paralysed by lack of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2009/10/29/lack-of-funds-threaten-critically-endangered-amur-leopards-in-russian-primorski-region/</link>
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		<title>WTI documentaries shortlisted for India’s premier environment film awards</title>
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One of the two WTI documentaries being screened
at Vatavaran film festival






New Delhi: Two documentaries featuring Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) projects have been shortlisted for the prestigious Vatavaran Awards, and final screenings which began yesterday in the India Habitat Centre (IHC), New Delhi. The WTI films  – ‘On the Right Track’ and ‘A Shawl to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2009/10/28/wti-documentaries-shortlisted-for-india%e2%80%99s-premier-environment-film-awards/</link>
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		<title>20 years since ivory trade ban, elephants still threatened by poaching, stockpile sales</title>
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File photo: Carcass of an elephant that fell victim to ivory poachers in Kuttampuza Forest Range, Kerala, in July this year.






Delhi: Despite ivory trade being banned 20 years ago, hundreds, if not thousands, of wild elephants continue to fall prey to poachers across their distribution range, each year. 
A recently published report has revealed that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2009/10/23/20-years-since-ivory-trade-ban-elephants-still-threatened-by-poaching-stockpile-sales/</link>
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