Flood relief operations in Bihar continue in the face of new challenges |
WTI-IFAW recommended Kashmir Pashmina GI awarded |
WTI-IFAW project ensures zero Elephant deaths on Rajaji railway track
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 Forbesganj (Bihar), September 16, 2008: Water level in the flood-hit East Indian state of Bihar is gradually receding in places. However, the animal toll is not expected to stop at the current official number of 131. Over 23,000 cattle are estimated to have been affected by the flood in two districts of Araria and Supaul alone.
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Delhi, September 18, 2008: Ending two years of litigation the Kashmir Handmade Pashmina Promotion Trust (KHPPT) and the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) on the one hand, and the Crafts Development Institute and the Tahafuz, on the other, resolved their differences leading to the award of Geographical Indications of Goods patent to Kashmir Pashmina.
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Rajaji NP (Uttarakhand), June 17, 2008: Recommendations of a Wildlife Trust of India-International Fund for Animal Welfare study done in 2001 have ensured zero elephant deaths in train accidents on a railway track that crosses the forests of the Rajaji National Park in the northern Indian Uttarakhand state.
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 4 sloth bears readied for Indian Kalandar market seized in Nepal
Delhi, September 17, 2008: Four sloth bears including a cub were rescued by authorities in Lahan in the southeastern Sirhaha district in Nepal, last week, acting on the information provided by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI). Three of the four bears were adults trained as dancing bears to be sold to Kalandars in India.
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 800 openbill storks die in Assam as nesting tree collapses
Shilonijan (Assam), September 18, 2008: In a freak accident, more than 800 Asian openbill storks, mostly chicks and juveniles, were killed as the banyan tree on which they were nesting collapsed on Monday night.
Sixty-one birds which survived were brought to IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation on Tuesday from Shilonijan in Karbi Anglong Autonomous District, where the incident happened.
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 Quickest wildlife trial in India; Three years imprisonment for insect thief Kucera
Darjeeling (West Bengal), September 10, 2008: In India’s fastest legal trial for a wildlife case, Emil Kucera, one of the Czech nationals convicted for illegally collecting rare insect species from Singhalila National Park, was sentenced to three years imprisonment by the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of Darjeeling, today.
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 IFAW to eBay: First clean up your own site
Yarmouth Port (USA), September 8, 2008: IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare) expressed dismay with eBay’s investment in a new “socially responsible” web site when it has not yet meaningfully addressed significant animal welfare and conservation issues on its own flagship site.
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 India amends pharmaceutical law to protect vultures
New Delhi, September 3, 2008: The Government of India has amended the Drugs and Cosmetics Act to affirm the existing ban on diclofenac, giving a major boost to vulture conservation efforts in the country.
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 Survey of endangered Mishmi takin begins in Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh, September 2, 2008: An extensive survey to assess the distribution and population status of the endangered Mishmi takin has begun in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The survey will also cover parts of Sikkim from where the species has been reported, and assess threats faced by the takin in both states. The information generated by the survey will ultimately be used to formulate a conservation strategy for Mishmi takin in India.
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 WTI tip-off leads to arrest of wildlife traders
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), August 26, 2008: In a major undercover investigative operation, the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UP-STF) and UP Forest Department, on a tip-off from the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), arrested two experienced wildlife traders in Meerut yesterday.
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 Todas for Tigers
Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu), August 1, 2008: In contrast to the disappointing decline in India’s overall tiger population revealed in the latest census, tiger numbers in Tamil Nadu’s protected areas have shown a promising increase since 2002. An increase in tiger population was also seen in the non-protected areas of the state, including the upper Nilgiri plateau, home to the indigenous Toda community. The Todas’ survival is closely interlinked with their natural surroundings. Read More |
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 Altering lifestyles for tiger conservation in Valmiki
Valmiki (Bihar), July 10, 2008: Sitting on a newly-constructed platform underneath a mango tree, the villagers of Majuraha discuss conservation of tigers in nearby Valmiki Tiger Reserve in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. While they express their interest in wildlife, they enthusiastically propose alternatives to reduce their dependence on the forest and participate actively in the eco-development schemes being set by the Bihar Forest Department and the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) with support from US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
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 A Kalandar’s life beyond the bear
Nawada (Bihar), June 13, 2008: Mohammad Sovrati returns to his rented apartment late in the evening, tired but satisfied, after a hard day of ferrying load in his new carrier rickshaw. He had bought it a few months ago with funds from an alternative livelihood package made available to Kalandars like him under the Integrated Sloth Bear Conservation and Welfare Project (ISBCWP).
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 Endangered Hoolock gibbon rehabilitated successfully in Assam
Kaziranga (Assam), June 2: For the first time in India, a captive-reared female Hoolock gibbon was successfully rehabilitated in the wild near Kaziranga National Park, last week, by the Department of Environment and Forests, Assam, in collaboration with the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and its international partner, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).
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