Vanishing Stripes: Save the Bengal Tiger

Greetings from Wildlife Trust of India!

We hope this email finds you in good health and high spirits.

With this email, we share with you the updates on our project ‘Vanishing Stripes: Save the Bengal Tiger’. We would also like to express our heartfelt appreciation for your generous donation to the project. Your support means the world to us and will make a significant impact in our efforts to protect tigers and their habitat across India.

Your support for us goes beyond the financial contribution – it is a powerful statement of your trust in the work we do and a testament to your compassion and dedication to making a difference in tiger conservation. Thank you for understanding the importance of WTI's work so we can continue to make a positive impact

The updates from the project are as follows –

Peechi-Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary consists an area of about 125 sq km and is located in Thrissur district of Kerala. Established in 1958, it is the second oldest sanctuaries in Kerala. The sanctuary consists of tropical evergreen forests, tropical semi-evergreen forests and moist deciduous forests, with numerous streams and two reservoirs. The sanctuary has diverse flora and fauna; including 39 species of mammals, 176 species of birds, 30 species of reptiles, 17 species of amphibians, and 40 species of fish. Common wildlife found in the sanctuary are tigers, leopards, sloth bears, elephants, and slender loris etc. There are several streams flowing through the sanctuary; forming three major rivers – Kurumali, Manali, and Wadakkanchery – and two reservoirs.

Peechi-Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary is a buffer zone to Parambikulum Tiger Reserve and there have been many tiger sightings in the wildlife sanctuary. Due to the close vicinity of human settlements from the wildlife sanctuary and tiger reserve; there have been many cases of tigers and other wild animals entering these areas, leading to conflict. Forest staff in this region regularly patrol the wildlife sanctuary to monitor tiger and leopard movement and mitigate human-big cat conflict.

The wildlife warden of the sanctuary reached out to WTI seeking support for the anti-poaching forest staff operating in the wildlife division to motivate and aid them in protecting the sanctuary. Through your support, WTI was able to provide ponchos, headlamps, two-person tents, camping tables, armchairs, and storage boxes for the forest staff. The team was extremely happy to receive the generous and much-needed equipment support which they would utilize to effectively work towards protecting the tigers of the sanctuary.

The entire frontline forest team of the Peechi-Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary extends its heartfelt gratitude to you for the support. That’s all for today’s updates but we’ll be soon back with more. Until then, take care!

Wishing you continued success and happiness!

Warm regards,

Team WTI