Elephant specialists to meet on Nov 10-12
A convention of the Asian Elephant Specialist Group (AsESG), the IUCN (World Conservation Union) Species Survival Commission’s voluntary group of experts for the management and conservation of Asia's elephants, will get underway at Guwahati on November 10-12. The three-day convention will be attended by representatives of 11 Asian elephant range countries as well as presenters and observers from ‘non-elephant’ countries like the United Kingdom and United States of America.
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A neonate male rhino calf found alone in the wilderness of Agoratoli range is rescued by the Kaziranga forest staff and handed over to Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) the IFAW-WTI wildlife care facility near Kaziranga for further care on Monday,6th July 2015.
The India State of Forest Report 2013 released in 2014 stated that there has been a net decline of 627 sq kms in forest cover in north eastern states as compared to last assessment done in 2011. In the light of increasing fragmentation of forests and rising Human–Elephant conflict in India, five NGOs united under a MoU to raise £20 million for securing 100 elephant corridors in India by 2025. The occasion was marked by a fundraising event at Lancaster House in London that was hosted by Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.The five non-governmental organisations are Elephant Family, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), IUCN Netherlands...
With increasing possibility of Kaziranga National Park being inundated by the raging Brahmaputra River, the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) -- an IFAW-WTI run wildlife welfare centre -- has started pre-flood awareness campaign for the safety of wildlife in the fringe villages of this world heritage site.With support of Kaziranga Forest Authority, two awareness meetings for residents of six villages in the fringe areas have already been held in Central and Eastern Range of the park. More such meetings for wildlife protection during floods will be held to cover the entire Kaziranga –Karbi Anglong landscape. Previously during floods, the wildlife of the park...
Despite non stopped rhino poaching Kaziranga has reasons to celebrate. There has been steep rise in swamp deer population in the national park. Forest minister Etwa Munda told reporters in the world heritage site on Monday that the swamp deer population has gone up by 275. He revealed it a day after the census conducted jointly by forest department, Wildlife Trust of India and ONGC.
Two hand-raised Asian Wild buffaloes from the IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) were today released in Burhachapori Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam.Agora, a male and Gerakati, a female were rescued in different circumstances in Kaziranga National Park when they were about month old age. Agora’s mother was found dead in 15th of December, 2012 while Gerakati was separated from its mother in 23rd of September, 2012. After rescue, both of them were placed at CWRC for further care and treatment.The release site was selected after a joint survey of CWRC IFAW-WTI team and Assam Forest Department, led by P. Sivakumar, Conservator of Forest, Assam Forest Department...
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After rapid recuperation, the nine vultures in Tinsukia are flying freely in the sky a day after they were released by the forest officials on Friday. Before being released, veterinary doctors conducted a thorough medical check up in presence of the forest officials and several bird lovers who rescued them from the jaws of death at Chengeligaon in Dangori area. Then the Eastern Assam Mobile Veterinary Service unit of International Fund for Animal Welfare and Wildlife Trust of India released the vultures. These vultures are victims of carcass poisoning that resulted in death of 31 endangered vultures on March 4. The surviving vultures were under the observation of Eastern Assam MVS unit led...
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