Numbers of the Kashmir markhor, a wild goat of the north Kashmir mountains, have risen about 71 per cent since 2005, although the latest count adds only a handful of animals to the 2023 figure, which keeps the focus on grazing pressure in its habitat.
Wildlife Trust of India
An ancient shadow-puppet tradition that usually retells the epics has been handed a fish as its hero, in an effort to get schoolchildren thinking about how to protect the largest fish on Earth.
Twenty-four people, from Forest Department staff and local fishers to the Teesta Barrage gateman, received Gaja Mitra Awards in Siliguri on 7 October for helping rescue an elephant calf swept away by the Teesta River.
Three orphaned Asiatic black bear cubs left the Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation on 24 September for a pre-release site inside Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, a 26-kilometre journey on foot and elephant back.
The Wildlife Trust of India says 35 wetlands across ten districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh were legally notified in April 2026, putting 1,243.8 hectares under statutory protection.
More than 40,000 people across 30 states and union territories declared their non-native exotic pets under the Voluntary Disclosure Scheme, and experts now say the follow-up has been limited in a market worth about $42.6 million in 2024.
Twenty-seven mahouts and ghasis from Manas National Park have finished a week of training in elephant biology, health and handling, and the reserve’s field director used the opening to call again for a dedicated mahout school in Assam.
Nearly 500 volunteers spent International Coastal Cleanup Day hauling 1,320 kilograms of plastic bottles, fishing net and rope off beaches in Gujarat, Goa and Kerala, work the Wildlife Trust of India organised as part of its long-running effort to keep that same debris out of the water where whale sharks feed.
A tiger cub rescued near Kaziranga broke out of its forest department holding crate and disappeared on 19 September, leaving pugmarks four days later as the first solid evidence that it is surviving alone in the wild.
A wild bull elephant found with a suspected spear wound and a clouded left eye near a tea estate in Assam’s Sonitpur district a month ago is still under treatment, with vets tracking whether his eyesight will come back.