Wildlife Crime News
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India: An eight foot long tiger skin was seized from four men in north Bengal's Hashimara today, who told the police that they were promised Rs. 16 lakh for it.The skin was brought into Hashimara allegedly from Bhutan and packed with 88 pieces of tiger bone. The consignment was to supposedly go to China via Nepal.…
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India: The custom officials seized 146 tortoises from mishandled baggage of a Nepalese citizen at Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport (CSIA) on Sunday. The incident came to light after a Jet Airways staffer brought the baggage to officers of Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of customs, saying that some suspicious…
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Nepal: The police persons from Teku have arrested two persons with the skin of red panda.The arrested are Lok Bikram Rana, 30, originally from Mahankal-8, Kavre and Prem Lama of Shikhar VDC-3 from the same district. Both of them were temporarily residing in Boudhha in the capital city. They were nabbed while they…
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Nepal: The police in Darchula today made public two people who were arrested earlier on the charge of wildlife poaching. Janak Bahadur Shahi, 39, of Jubidha-8, Kalikot and Kalamram Parki, 30, of Sunsera-2, Darchula were arrested. They were detained for their involvement in the illegal killing of snow leopard, put in…
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Nepal: Two persons were arrested with leopard skin from Krishnapur Municipalit-2 of Kanchanpur district on Wednesday. The seized skin is nearly six-feet long and two-feet wide. Acting on a tip-off, an investigation team from Far Western Regional Police Office arrested the smugglers with the skin of a young leopard.…
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India: Four poachers have been arrested by crime branch for killing a five-year-old leopard inside the jungle of Raigad and later selling its skin and 7 tiger claws worth Rs 7.73 lakh from the Dombivli railway station area.The accused are all tribal---Sandip Shingare (36), Mahadev Vargade (67), Dehu Hamber (42) and…
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Nepal: Acting on a tip off, a joint team from Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) and Area Police Office, Anarmani arrested Sukbir Rai, 20, of Taplejung and Kamal Kumar Mangmu, 47, of Panchthar in Jhapa on Saturday. Police recovered two skins of Red Panda from their possession. They have been handed over to the…
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Pakistan: A team constituted by Director General Wildlife & Parks Punjab Khalid Ayaz Khan with the help of Custom authorities has recovered 50 pigeons illegally brought from Kuwait to Lahore at Allama Iqbal International Airport and received departmental fine of 35 thousand rupees.According to details, one Tariq…
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Nepal: Police arrested Dhan Bahadur Rai (42) of Maimajhuwa-8 for poaching a red panda on Sunday.A team from the Red Panda Network Nepal with the support of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) and the District Police Office, arrested Rai from his house along with camera and a snare.The team arrested Rai when he was…
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