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A joint meeting was organized between SAWEN and SriLanka Wildlife Enforcement Network (SlaWEN) under the collaboration with Department of Wildlife Conservation and Environmental Foundation Limited, Sri Lanka on 31 July 2025. The meeting was of hybrid nature, as representatives and focal person from Afghanistan,…
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Police in Aizawl arrested a man, who allegedly used to steal protected orchids from the abandoned Assam Rifles battalion headquarters complex in Aizawl, and was produced before a district court on Thursday. A 38 year old from Selesih near Aizawl was arrested on Wednesday after an FIR was lodged at the Aizawl Police…
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MUMBAI: Banned wildlife animals were seized from an international flyer at the city airport on Sunday, and the passenger who had arrived from Bangkok was arrested. Animals of rare species — the Spider Tailed Horned Viper, Asian Leaf Turtle, and Indonesian Pit Viper — have been found, said Customs officials at the…
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Bengaluru: About 3,350 red-eared slider turtles, 22 baby blue iguanas, and two African spurred tortoises were seized at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) over the weekend. Two suspects, travelled to India from Thailand on Thai Airways (TG 325) on Saturday at 11.17 am, while the third suspect, Arunkumar…
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Imphal: Manipur police on Saturday arrested an individual for alleged involvement in trafficking peacock feathers weighing about 142 kilograms, officials reported. India designates the peacock as its national bird and protects it under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, which prohibits people from…
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The South Asia Judicial Symposium on Wildlife Crime was co-organized by SAWEN and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) from 7 to 8 May 2025 in New Delhi, India. The symposium brought together over 50 participants, including judges, prosecutors, and SAWEN focal persons from member countries. Delegates…
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The Forest Department has rescued an Asian black bear and two monkeys from a circus exhibit at a trade fair in Jangalia area of Comilla city. The Wildlife Crime Suppression Unit and the Comilla Social Forest Department, which arrived from Dhaka on Saturday afternoon, carried out a drive and rescued these wild…
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CHENNAI: A 50-year-old man from Tamil Nadu was detained by Malaysian authorities at the Kuala Lumpur airport for ‘attempting’ to traffic 14 species exotic to Tiruchy from Malaysia. According to official information shared by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks of Peninsular Malaysia (Jabatan PERHILITAN),…
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