Wildlife Crime News
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India: Wildlife officials arrested a poacher and his aide and seized two country-made guns from him in Baisilipali in Mahanadi wildlife division on Friday. The forest personnel apprehended him red-handed while attempting to kill a wild boar.According to divisional forest officer (Mahanadi division) Anshu Pragyan Das…
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Pakistan Customs has decided to install updated database at all airports and exit points of the country to control trafficking of endangered species from the country. This point came to knowledge at the conclusion of a two-day capacity building workshop conducted by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on Tuesday. The workshop…
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Nepal: Owls are being hunted for meat in Patariya VDC of Kapilvastu district. Shyam Tharu, a local owl hunter from Anharat village, said alone has captured 16 owls till date. “Owls are quite easy to catch as they cannot see during the day,” Tharu said. There are many for whom owl hunting has become the main source of…
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Sri Lanka Customs today began destroying more than 359 African elephant tusks (Blood Ivory) in their custody at Galle Face Green. The ivory was crushed using a modified crusher and then it is to be transported to the Puttalam cement factory to be burned. The entire process is taking place with Special Task Force…
Read updatePakistan: Hours after a security guard shot a pangolin five times in Zamzama on Sunday, the animal succumbed to its injuries while being treated at a private veterinary clinic. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing away of the rescued pangolin in Karachi. He could not make it through the night [on…
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India: Though water bodies of the region are serving as nesting and breeding centres for rare migratory birds during winters, the arrival of winged guests has turned the poachers active. In the last few days, poachers have been caught hunting migratory birds at prominent bird habitats, raising serious concerns among…
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Sri Lanka: Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife, Gamini Jayawickrama Perera has re-iterated Sri Lanka’s commitment to protect endangered wildlife species. He said consistent with this policy, the Government had decided to destroy a confiscated blood ivory shipment on 26th January 2016 at the Galle Face…
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India: Sleuths of the Forest Cell of the State Criminal Investigations Department, on Thursday, apprehended two men in Belagavi district in possession of seven elephant tusks. The poachers are suspected to have procured the tusks from Khanapur forest. The suspects are Santhosh Gaikwad (23), a petty shop owner, and…
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India: Deftly working on inputs provided by the New Delhi-based Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and the Wildlife Protection Society of India, West Champaran police on Tuesday arrested two poachers and recovered complete skin and bones of two fully-grown Royal Bengal tigers from their possession. Bettiah SP Vinay Kumar…
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