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WTI documentary wins premier environment film award
New Delhi, November 3, 2009: ‘A Shawl to die for’ – a Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) film - won an award for Technical Excellence in Cinematography at the prestigious CMS Vatavaran 2009 film awards – India’s premier festival for Indian and international documentaries on environment and wildlife, held last week.
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Skin seized from Sree leather showroom belongs to blackbuck, confirms ZSI
Kolkata, November 2, 2009: The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has confirmed that the skin seized from the premises of a Sree leather showroom in Kolkata in May this year belongs to a blackbuck – a Schedule I species.
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Lack of funds threaten critically-endangered Amur leopards
in Russian Primorski region
Primorski (Russia), October 29, 2009: 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 funds.
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Indo-Nepal authorities’ recommendations for effective wildlife enforcement in western border
Dharchula (Uttarakhand), October 29, 2009: Authorities who met at the wildlife enforcement and legal workshop last week in Dharchula, Uttarakhand, unanimously recommended institutionalisation of cross border coordination and joint enforcement operations, among others, for effective wildlife trade control along the western Indo-Nepal border.
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Hand-raised wild buffaloes released in the wild
Dibru Saikhowa National Park (Assam), October 27, 2009: More than half a decade since being rescued as young calves separated from their herds, two hand-raised wild buffaloes were released in Dibru Saikhowa National Park, Assam, by the Forest Department and International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI), last week.
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20 years since ivory trade ban,
elephants still threatened by poaching, stockpile sales
Delhi, October 23, 2009: 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.
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Elephant calf stuck in mud pit rescued and reunited with mother
Kaziranga (Assam), October 19, 2009: A wild elephant calf, stuck in a mud pit at a tea garden near Kaziranga National Park in Assam, was rescued and reunited with its mother, by the Assam Forest Department in an effort assisted by IFAW-WTI (International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India).
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British MP calls for change in environment conservation approaches
New Delhi, October 14, 2009: British Conservative MP and Shadow Environment Secretary, Nick Herbert, has stressed on the need for a change in the approach to save the earth’s ecosystems ‘worth trillions of pounds’.
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