26th February 2025 – by Drs Katherine Orthmann and Ian Muchina
Our frogs that were collected last night were brought back to their home near lake Naivasha after a stay in our rooms. We then went on to collect some data…
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25th February 2025 – by Drs Annaliese Johnson and Duncan Aminga
As the Swahili saying goes, "Siku njema huonekana asubuhi"—A good day is seen in the morning. And what a great start we had! With no pressure, we eased into our…
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24th February 2025 – by Drs Lizzie Kwint and Navaneetha Roopan
The day started with some warm lemongrass (?) pancakes breakfast at the dining hall. A new tutor, Professor Ruchi Badola from WII, was ready for us in Ngiri Hall. For…
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23rd February 2025 – by Drs Gareth Richardson and Debabrata Phukon
Today after breakfast we assembled in the lecture hall to be briefed on our postmortem pathology examinations. We were split into 4 groups and driven to the WRTI annex for…
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21st February 2025 – by Drs Jess Li and Atuman Yakubu
The day started at 6am where we set off to Hell's Gate National Park with our packed breakfast for a distance sampling survey practical. We were divided into six groups,…
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20th February 2025 – by Drs Anna Salazar Casals and Juliet Waiyaki
Good morning Naivasha! Today we started with a walk around the WRTI Annex complex (the Hippo Camp) to learn how to identify animal tracks. What does that entail, you ask?…
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19th February 2025 – by Dr Adam Todd
Our second day at the Wildlife Research and Training Institute started early with a morning of introductory lectures giving us background knowledge on East Africa and Kenya. This quick run-down…
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18th February 2025 – by Dr Romane Courteille
We began our second day at the IWAH course with an early rise, greeted by the serene beauty of Wildebeest Eco Camp. After checking out, we boarded a bus bound…
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26th February 2024 – by Dr Hamza Nadeem
A Bittersweet farewell: As the sun rose on the final day of our wildlife conservation course, a mixture of emotions filled my heart. Excitement for the day ahead mingled with…
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25th February 2024 – by Dr Tom Tran
It has been many moons. The end of the course is approaching. I am both deeply saddened for everyone in our cohort will soon part ways. But there is no…
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24th February 2024 – by Dr Siva Ranjani
The day started at dawn, 6.30 am with an aromatic chai and coffee. The guys selected for the darting team practiced with tremendous effort, great excitement, and hope. After a…
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23rd February 2024 – by Dr Rebecca Lang
So last night I received a message saying I had been picked for the darting team for today's trip into Sariska reservation. Very excited and honoured with such trust. The…
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22nd February 2024 – by Dr Rebeca Grande Gómez
Today it has been one of the most fun days in the course. We started with a tea in Queen’s Corner at 7 am and then we continued with an…
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21st February 2024 – by Dr Nikesh Kiran
Encounters with Majesty: Day 12 of the IWAH Course at Sariska National Park, Rajasthan Greetings fellow wildlife enthusiasts! Today marked an extraordinary chapter in our journey through the wilds of…
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20th February 2024 – by Dr Mariana Costa Cruz Santos & Dr N.Kalaivanan
We can barely acknowledge that it is Tuesday, with how busy and diverse the past 10 days have been. And we definitely do not want to acknowledge that we are…
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19th February 2024 – by Dr Dave Houston & Dr Komal Raul
Day 10 started much like every day with hot chai served at Queen’s Corner. Breakfast was at 8am and consisted of fresh fruit, toast and jam, puri-bhaji, egg bhurgi and…
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18th February 2024 – by Dr Adarsh A. M
The day began with the tranquil embrace of nature as we gathered under a sprawling tree for a rejuvenating yoga session. The rising sun painted the sky with hues of…
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17th February 2024 – by Dr Ariadna Apruzzese Rubio
It has certainly been a stimulating day. In the first part of the morning, we began to understand the importance of properly communicating the scientific aspects of our work in…
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16th February 2024 – by Dr Ghanshyam Pawar
Day 7 was very memorable as we studied the pathological examination of wildlife as an exercise to study disease outbreaks. A complete field standard operation procedure (SOP), of pathological examination…
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15th February 2024 – by Dr Ines Stegmaier & Dr Sonika B.L
After a few long days, everyone was quite happy to enjoy a relaxed morning, starting with breakfast at 9 am, some relaxation in the sun, and the message that a…
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14th February 2024 – by Dr Sara Llamas
It was 6:30 when the alarm went off this morning. In the garden the air was cold, but the chai was hot and ready, right on time for our first…
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13th February 2024 – by Dr Prashant Deshmukh & Dr Purushotham Chilla
Exploring the Wild: A Day of Wildlife Sign Surveys at Sariska Tiger Reserve The sun had recently risen above the horizon, illuminating the Sariska Tiger Reserve with a golden light.…
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11th February 2024 – by Dr Ilayaraja Selvaraj
On Day 2, 11th February 2024 of the IWAH course, we travelled to Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, India. I was curious about the course and to join through all the…
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4th March 2023 – by Dr Dominic Phillips
Our last day at Sariska – can you believe it! And it’s presentation day. There was definitely an air of apprehension and tension as everyone prepared to give their 7-minute…
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28th February 2023 – by Dr Pradeep Mishra
Day 13 of the IWAH training focused on restraint in wild animals. The participants were divided into small groups and each group took turns in to understand the procedure, planning…
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26th February 2023 – by Dr Kartik Chaudhary
We began our day with yoga and positive energy in the morning. Then, Dr Sandeep Gupta instructed us on wildlife forensics, during which time we learned about wildlife trade, sampling…
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25th February 2023 – by Dr Ian Anderson
Day 10 started for some of us with Pat’s early morning yoga session in the garden, watched as always by the grey langurs. As the day’s topic was Aquatic animal…
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24th February 2023 – by Dr Ajeet Kumar Pandey
Day of Investigation. This is an important day for us. Investigation of disease in national parks is an important component of wildlife-human-livestock interfaces. In the morning Tony Saisbury divided all…
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23rd February 2023 – by Dr Kimia Safaei
7:30am This is the dreamy view I wake up to every day. Today, the Yoga class was held in the queen’s corner central area because last night some predator was…
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21st February 2023 – by Dr Patricia Shuen
The human-wildlife interface and protected area management/ endangered species management Woke up to the sounds of warning calls A predator is around! Morning chai in Queen’s Corner courtyard followed by…
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20th February 2023 – by Dr Sujit Kolangath
Tracking Tigress ‘Uncertainty’ If I have learnt anything about wildlife in my last years of my engagement it is, ‘Wildlife is synonymous with uncertainty’. Yes ‘uncertainty’ is what I associate…
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18th February 2023 – by Dr Amit Oad
Early in the morning of day 3 on the IWAH course, we entered Sariska Tiger Reserve, located in Rajasthan, India. We took open jeeps with our instructors guiding us on…
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9th April 2022 – by Dr Mayur Kumar
The 12th day of the training. All through our course we had learnt about different taxa, different species within each taxa and their similarities and differences. The differences are inter-specific…
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8th April 2022 – by Dr Sanjeet Kumar and Dr Singray Kullu
A Field Training on Immobilization of Wild Animals. April 08, 2022, the 11th day of the course and our day of reckoning. The time had come to see for real…
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7th April 2022 – by Dr. Prabhat Basumataray & Dr. Nisha Raichel
Wild animal immobilization is as much an art as it is a science and we got first-hand experience today! 7th of April 2022, our 10th day at Sariska Tiger Reserve.…
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5th April 2022 – by Dr Prateek Anand, Dr Raj Kumar Sharma and Dr Tarun Kumar Garg
Till today all our experiences with herps (which we identified as creepy crawlies) were filled with misconceptions and “stories” that have come down the ages in our lives. Today we…
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4th April 2022 – by Dr Ashish Kumar
Day 8th of this course was a little bit relaxing because of no morning field activity. So all participants woke up late and after getting ready, we went straight to…
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3rd April 2022 – by Dr Karan Sehgal
I started my journey from the youngest mountain ranges of Shivalik in Himachal Pradesh ( house of all the deities- Devbhoomi) to the oldest one that is Aravali 's in…
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2nd April 2022 – by Dr Archana Saraf
We started our day in the morning with fresh energy, all set to imbibe the information which will be provided to us. It started with Dr. Sandeep Gupta giving us…
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1st April 2022 – Dr Ram pravesh Ram and Dr Bablu Sundi
Our day started with lots of excitement and anticipation as we were going for a tiger safari. Everyone was really eager to see a tiger and it took us around…
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31st March 2022 – Dr Anshul Chandel & Dr Shivanand Kanshi
The day started with a hot cup of tea and an early morning activity for collection of data for distance sampling on a line transect at 6:00 am. The activity…
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30th March 2022 – Dr Sahu
The third day of the course started with a field visit to the tiger reserve led by Dr Bilal Habib. We saw pugmarks of a leopard and a tiger along…
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29th March 2022 – Dr Amit Kumar & Dr Pankaj Kumar
It was a very beautiful sunny day and the day started with early checkout from the hotel and moving towards KEOLADEO NATIONAL PARK a Ramsar site as well as a…
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28th March 2022 – Dr. Ansar Ahmad & Dr. Vijay Shankar Dubey
First day of our training started with a very beautiful morning and healthy breakfast. We headed towards Bear Conservation Care Centre at Wildlife SOS near Agra. Mr. Baiju Raj. M.…
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2nd April 2021 – (by Manoj Kumar Tony)
Before, writing this blog,I would like to wish everyone on this auspicious day of Good Friday. The 13th day of our course started with a beautiful morning and a cup…
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1st April 2021 – (by Dalip Kumar Baitha)
As I start my blog, I would like to inform you that today is April fool's day, I assure you that I would write true and what happened. 😅😅 Secondly,…
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31st March 2021 – (by Rajiv Ranjan)
Today, the eleventh day of our training commenced under the leadership of Dr Parag Nigam, Dr A.B.Srivastava Sir and the young doctor Dr Ankush Dubey. Live Animal capture was the…
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30th March 2021 – (by Bikram Kumar)
Day 10th of the training started with interesting use of Bisleri water for our morning duties as some temporary electrical fault led to non-filling of the water tank that resumed…
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