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| WPSI – some key accomplishments |
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- Pioneered in-depth investigations into the illegal wildlife trade in the Indian Subcontinent
- Helped expose the trade in tiger parts and shahtoosh in the 1990’s
- Instrumental in the arrest of hundreds of wildlife criminals and the development of critical new protection strategies
- Revealed the magnitude of the big cat skin trade in Tibet in 2005
- Plays a leading role in raising the profile of wildlife conservation in India
- Maintains one of the largest wildlife crime databases in the world, with details of over 16,500 crime cases and 12,900 wildlife criminals
- Has hosted nearly 190 wildlife enforcement workshops throughout India and trained nearly 7,800 forest and police officers in 17 states
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| WPSI – primary areas of focus |
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- Central India: Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh
- Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh
- Orissa
- Sundarbans, West Bengal
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| WPSI – goals |
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- To secure a future for wild tigers and India’s wild heritage
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