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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>Rare clouded leopards radio-collared for first time in India</title>
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IFAW-WTI veterinarians  radio-collar the clouded leopard cubs




Manas (Assam): Two hand-raised clouded leopard cubs have   been  radio-collared in  anticipation of their return to the wild by the   Bodoland  Territorial  Council (BTC), the International Fund for Animal Welfare   (IFAW – www.ifaw.org),    and its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2011/05/04/rare-clouded-leopards-radio-collared-for-first-time-in-india/</link>
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		<title>Woman sentenced to five years imprisonment for trade in tiger parts</title>
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The tiger skin and bones seized in Katarniaghat in 2005






Lakhimpur (Uttar Pradesh): Dilipo,  a habitual wildlife offender belonging to the Bawaria  community, was sentenced  to five years and three months of rigorous  imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000  for illegal trade in tiger parts,  by the Court of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2011/04/08/woman-sentenced-to-five-years-imprisonment-for-trade-in-tiger-parts/</link>
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		<title>Sloth bear cubs seized; indicates shift in trade hub</title>
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The two sloth bear cubs seized in Orissa








New Delhi: Two sloth bear cubs were seized and two traders arrested in Keonjhar   district in the east Indian state of Orissa by Police authorities,  yesterday.
The seizure reveals new source areas in  sloth bear trade,  even as joint action by the Orissa Forest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2011/01/21/sloth-bear-cubs-seized-indicates-shift-in-trade-hub/</link>
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		<title>Bal Pandi: Saving a paradise</title>
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Bal Pandi feeds orphan pelican chicks




Koonthankulam (Tamil Nadu): It is not  too difficult to find people making a living working for the  disadvantaged, but  it is indeed rare to find someone who gives up his  earnings or even sells his  possessions for the welfare of others. More  so, if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/08/30/bal-pandi-saving-a-paradise/</link>
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		<title>Six years’ imprisonment and 50,000 rupees fine for Sansar Chand</title>
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File photo: Sansar Chand (second from left)




Six years’ imprisonment and 50,000 rupees  fine for Sansar Chand
New Delhi: Setting an unprecedented milestone in the history of wildlife crime  cases in India, the  notorious wildlife trader Sansar Chand was today  sentenced to six years’ imprisonment  &#8211; the maximum prison term mandated  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/08/25/six-years%e2%80%99-imprisonment-and-50000-rupees-fine-for-sansar-chand/</link>
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		<title>MoEF calls for notification of Mansingh Deo WLS</title>
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File photo: A Royal Bengal tiger




Delhi: To secure a critical tiger habitat in Central India, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has pressed for the notification of Mansingh Deo Wildlife Sanctuary in a letter addressed to the Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan.
A part of the Kanha-Pench landscape, Mansingh Deo connects Pench [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/08/24/moef-calls-for-notification-of-mansingh-deo-wls/</link>
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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>King cobra ‘rescued’ from a house in Assam</title>
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The king cobra &#8216;rescued&#8217; from a house near Haldibari Reserve Forest, Assam, awaits release at the IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC)






Haldibari (Assam): A 13-feet long king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) accidentally trapped in a house near Haldibari Reserve Forest in Assam, was &#8216;rescued&#8217; by the Forest Department authorities assisted by International Fund [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/08/20/king-cobra-%e2%80%98rescued%e2%80%99-from-a-house-in-assam/</link>
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		<title>Protecting the Protectors &#8211; Vestergaard-Frandsen gifts insecticidal nets to WTI</title>
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Vivek  Menon, Chief Executive Officer, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) hands  over Vestergaard-Frandsen mosquito nets to field staff






 
New Delhi: With all the discussions around wildlife conservation and  more  specifically on the dwindling tiger population, one thing that goes  un-noticed  is the conditions under which the conservation community  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/08/11/protecting-the-protectors-vestergaard-frandsen-gifts-insecticidal-nets-to-wti/</link>
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		<title>Relief provided to family of deceased Forest Department staff</title>
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Dipti Bora (left), wife of the deceased Forest Department staff receives the cheque






Kaziranga, Assam: A relief of one lakh rupees was provided to the family of a deceased frontline staff, late Dilip Bora, by Assam Forest Department authorities and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), last week.
“We thank WTI for this financial support provided to Bora’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/08/04/relief-provided-to-family-of-deceased-forest-department-staff/</link>
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		<title>Leopard caught in leg-hold trap, treated and released</title>
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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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/08/03/leopard-caught-in-leg-hold-trap-treated-and-released-2/</link>
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		<title>Assam empowers Forest Department to use fire arms to protect its natural heritage</title>
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File photo: A greater one-horned rhinoceros in Kaziranga National Park, Assam






Guwahati (Assam): The Government of Assam has passed a notification to equip state Forest Department personnel with fire arms to ensure better protection to its forests and wildlife, particularly rhinos.
The order released by the Governor’s office, last month, indicates that the decision was taken to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/08/03/assam-empowers-forest-department-to-use-fire-arms-to-protect-its-natural-heritage/</link>
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		<title>Training frontline Forest Department staff in Kanha</title>
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Fronline Forest Department staff in Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh undergo training






Kanha NP (Madhya Pradesh): To further strengthen tiger protection in Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, the state Forest Department and International Fund for Animal Welfare &#8211; Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI), supported by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) began the second phase [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/07/30/aining-training-frontline-forest-department-staff-in-kanha/</link>
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		<title>Traps and Snares: Riddled Paths for Indian Wildlife</title>
		<description><![CDATA[-by Sharada Annamaraju

A tiger killed after getting caught in a snare in Bandipur National Park, Karnataka
Delhi: Law is a curious, self limiting conundrum. While it attempts to delineate and sustain order, it cannot function in a foolproof manner unless everything under its ambit is spelt out well.
Consider the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) putting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/07/22/traps-and-snares-riddled-paths-for-indian-wildlife/</link>
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		<title>Governments to crack down on poaching, trade to save wild tigers</title>
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File photo: A Royal Bengal tiger in Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh






Yarmouth Port (MA, USA): Conservationists from 13 tiger range countries   met in Bali, Indonesia, along with the World Bank’s Global Tiger Initiative and partner organisations including the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW; www.ifaw.org), this week, to develop a concrete  plan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/07/16/governments-to-crack-down-on-poaching-trade-to-save-wild-tigers/</link>
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		<title>Displaced rhino calf reunited with mother</title>
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The rescue team members examine the rhino calf for injuries after removing it from the tea garden trench where it was trapped






Kaziranga (Assam): A displaced rhino calf was successfully reunited with its mother in Haldibari Reserve Forest near Kaziranga National Park by the Assam Forest Department assisted by a team from the International Fund for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/07/15/displaced-rhino-calf-reunited-with-mother/</link>
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		<title>Tusker treated for wounds, released</title>
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Dr Anil Deka, MVS Central Assam veterinarian dresses the tusker&#8217;s wound






Golaghat (Assam): The Assam Forest Department assisted by the International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India run Mobile Veterinary Services (MVS) attended to a case of an injured tusker found in Golaghat near Nambor, on Saturday. The tusker was tranquilised and successfully [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/07/14/tusker-treated-for-wounds-released/</link>
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		<title>MoEF sanctions permit to satellite tag whale shark in India.  AIC support gears Whale Shark Conservation in India for Level II</title>
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Dhiresh  Joshi, Coordinator, WTI undergoes training to fix satellite tags, at  the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)  in Hobart, Australia




 
New Delhi:  In  a move boosting whale shark conservation in India, the Ministry of  Environment  and Forests has formally sanctioned permit to satellite tag  individuals [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/06/30/moef-sanctions-permit-to-satellite-tag-whale-shark-in-india-aic-support-gears-whale-shark-conservation-in-india-for-level-ii/</link>
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		<title>From ‘Bear’ing the cross to a better future: Mittu Chacha</title>
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Mittu Chacha (second from left) with his newly-purchased goods transport vehicle






Sambalpur (Orissa): Being driven around in the streets of Sambalpur, Orissa, in a newly-purchased goods transport vehicle, Mohd Abdul Kalam is a changed man living a changed life.
A former sloth bear trader, Kalam was rehabilitated by the World Society for Protection of Animals – Wildlife [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/06/24/from-%e2%80%98bear%e2%80%99ing-the-cross-to-a-better-future-mittu-chacha/</link>
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		<title>Displaced elephant calf admitted to CWRC for rehabilitation</title>
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An animal keeper bottlefeeds the elephant calf at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC)






Kaziranga (Assam): A six-month old elephant calf displaced from its natal herd has been admitted to the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) near Kaziranga National Park for hand-raising and eventual rehabilitation into the wild. The calf has joined [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/06/23/displaced-elephant-calf-admitted-to-cwrc-for-rehabilitation/</link>
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		<title>Bear cubs radio-collared in Pakke, Arunachal Pradesh</title>
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A bear cub being radio-collared by the team






Pakke (Arunachal Pradesh): Two orphan Asiatic black bear cubs being rehabilitated in Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, were radio-collared on Wednesday morning by a team of Forest Department officials and International Fund for Animal Welfare–Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) staff members.
The cubs, now at a critical transitional phase [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/06/11/bear-cubs-radio-collared-in-pakke-arunachal-pradesh/</link>
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		<title>Asiatic lion population increases</title>
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File photo: An Asiatic lion in Gir, Gujarat






Gir (Gujarat): The result of the recent Asiatic lion census in the western Indian state of Gujarat was a rare occasion of cheer for Indian wildlife enthusiasts. Their population had sprung to 411, from 359 in 2005.
A trend that has eluded most wild species, the Asiatic lion in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/06/07/asiatic-lion-population-increases/</link>
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		<title>Relief provided to family of human-elephant conflict victim in Meghalaya</title>
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HA Sangma (right), Secretary, GHADC, speaks to the family during the relief handover. From left: Dr Sandeep Kumar Tiwari, Head, Wild Lands division, WTI, Mary Tibbett and Rebecca Absalom, representatives, World Land Trust






Tura (Garo Hills,  Meghalaya): Family of a local villager who was killed in a conflict with elephants in west Garo Hills district in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/06/01/relief-provided-to-family-of-human-elephant-conflict-victim-in-meghalaya/</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>Twelve convicted for illegal trade in tiger parts</title>
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File photo: Tiger and leopard skins seized in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh






Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh): Twelve Pardhi accomplices of wildlife trader Shabbir Hasan Qureshi were pronounced guilty of abetting illegal trade of tiger parts, by a city Court in Allahabad, today. They have been sentenced to three-years’ imprisonment along with a fine of 10,000 rupees each.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/05/25/twelve-convicted-for-illegal-trade-in-tiger-parts/</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>Field kits distributed to frontline Forest Department staff in Karbi Anglong</title>
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Abhijit Rabha (centre), IFS, Conservator of Forests, and Prof PC Bhattacharjee, Trustee, WTI, hand over field kits to frontline Forest Department staff




Diphu (Karbi Anglong) Assam: In line with its goal to equip Forest Department staff patrolling protected areas, the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI)’s Van Rakshak Project (VRP), supported by Japan Tiger &#38; Elephant Fund [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/05/19/field-kits-distributed-to-frontline-forest-department-staff-in-karbi-anglong/</link>
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		<title>Greening Karbi Anglong: 50,000 saplings to be planted in Marat Longri</title>
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Local women participate in the &#8216;Integrated Greening Program&#8217; in Marat Longri Wildlife Sanctuary, Karbi Anglong




Diphu (Karbi Anglgong): The Forest Department authorities of                     Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council in collaboration with 5th Rajputana Rifles,    [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/05/06/greening-karbi-anglong-50000-saplings-to-be-planted-in-marat-longri-2/</link>
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		<title>Greening Karbi Anglong: 50,000 saplings to be planted in Marat Longri</title>
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Local women participate in the &#8216;Integrated Greening Program&#8217; in Marat Longri Wildlife Sanctuary, Karbi Anglong




Diphu (Karbi Anglgong): The Forest Department authorities of                     Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council in collaboration with 5th Rajputana Rifles,    [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/05/06/greening-karbi-anglong-50000-saplings-to-be-planted-in-marat-longri/</link>
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		<title>Shahtoosh trade case back on track: complaint filed 13 years after seizure</title>
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File photo: A model displays a shahtoosh shawl




New Delhi: More than 13 years after the seizure of 12 shahtoosh shawls by the Customs officials in the Indian capital, a complaint was filed last week against the accused party &#8211; the Cottage Industries Exposition (CIE).
The complaint was filed by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2010/05/03/shahtoosh-trade-case-back-on-track-complaint-filed-13-years-after-seizure/</link>
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