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International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
Company registered number 2701278
Trustees’ report (continued)
Elephant, Bear, Rhino and Clouded Leopard Rehabilitation in India
During fiscal year 2011, the Charity provided support to Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) totalling £247
thousand, for wildlife rescue emergency relief efforts.
Our achievements included:
• IFAW India team reunites rhino calf with its mother. For the first time in IFAW and Wildlife Trust
of India’s 9 years of emergency relief work in Assam, India, in July we were able to reunite a rhino calf
with its mother after rescuing the calf from a tea garden ditch. This was a very important achievement
for us, because typically a calf ends up being rescued and then must go through long-term rehabilitation
because we either find the calves alone trapped in sand pits or we rescue them after they have strayed
far away from their mother.
• Clouded leopard cubs released. In May, two extremely rare clouded leopard cubs were returned to the
wild by the Bodoland Territorial Council, the Wildlife Trust of India and IFAW. This is the first known
instance of clouded leopards being rehabilitated, fitted with radio collars and released.
• Five rescued elephants moved to Manas National Park, India. In January, five endangered elephant
calves were transported from the IFAW Wildlife Rescue Center in Kaziranga to Manas National Park in
the northeast Indian state of Assam. The calves, between the age of 3 and 6 years, were rescued from
different parts of Assam. All of these calves were separated from their natal herds--two were victims of
human-elephant conflict, one was displaced during floods and the two were found in tea gardens.
• A conflict tiger gets a second chance. A Royal Bengal tiger, which came into conflict with villagers in
India’s northern Assam province, was captured and relocated to Manas National Park in March.
REGIONAL PRIORITIES
United Kingdom – Hunting with hounds
IFAW was one of the leading organisations in the campaign for the passage of The Hunting Act, which was
introduced to stop foxes, deer, hares and mink from being chased and killed for so-called sport, which the
majority of the British public find completely unacceptable.
In FY11, the Coalition Government pledged to hold a free vote to give MPs the chance to repeal the Hunting
Act. IFAW presented the UK government with 10,000 signatures in support of The Hunting Act, to
demonstrate ongoing public support for this initiative and dissuade elected officials from repealing the ban on
hunting with dogs.
IFAW continues to work closely with police forces on enforcement of the ban and employs a team of hunt
monitors to gather evidence of suspected illegal hunting.
India: Tigers
During fiscal year 2011, the Charity provided support to Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) totalling £247 thousand,
some of which helped tiger protection efforts.
The Indian tiger Panthera tigris continues to face a severe threat from the twin problems of organised poaching
and habitat destruction. It has been proven beyond doubt that tigers in India are being killed by organised gangs
of poachers who supply the illegal wildlife trade channels to the Far East. As a result, tiger populations in some
tiger areas are about to be wiped out.
Wildlife crime prevention is not a major topic that is taught to the forest department staff when they undergo
induction training. To fill the gap, IFAW and its local partner WTI have been providing capacity building
training to frontline field protection staff since 2000. In view of that, capacity building of frontline field staff of