Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
India: Forest department officials on Sunday arrested five youths for poaching in the forests of the Mhadei wildlife sanctuary at Kodal village in Sattari taluka. Range Forest Officer (RFO) of the Mhadei wildlife sanctuary Paresh Parob said forest personnel led by Round Forest Officer Samir Dessai and forest guards…
Read updateIndia: 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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Nepal: Nepal Police seized as many as nine tiger skins in an operation against poaching and smuggling of body parts endangered big cats in 2015 According to Central Investigation Bureau, forensic tests showed that four of the skins belonged to tigers of Bardiya National Park. SP Dibesh Lohani said the CIB had…
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India: Forest officials of the Tirupati Wildlife Circle on Thursday seized a huge container with over six tonnes of red sanders logs worth over Rs.10 crore at Balapalle check-post on the Chittoor-Kadapa border, about 30 km from Tirupati. Speaking to The Hindu , Divisional Forest Officer (Wildlife) P. Venkata Subba…
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Sri Lanka: The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is to arrest a Magistrate and two prominent Buddhist monks for flouting wildlife preservation laws by possessing elephants illegally. The two Buddhist monks - who have been identified as key suspects in the investigation - are widely known among political…
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India: A man was nabbed with elephant tusks weighing 4.5 kg in the Kaladhungi area of Nainital district on Thursday. This is the second instance in less than a month after three persons were nabbed with a tiger skin in December 15 last year that suspected poachers have been arrested in Nainital district. The arrests…
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India: Sea cucumbers were a big source of income on the coast. "Not even 10% of the smuggled sea cucumbers are seized," said a marine police official.Till July 2001, thousands of traditional fishermen used to catch sea cucumbers by skin diving and sell them to local traders. These sea cucumbers are caught in bulk and…
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Nepal: The government is conducting a study on the status and distribution of parts and products of endangered wildlife confiscated so far, and proceed with destruction of such items if needed. The Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) has formed a 13-member committee to look over the…
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India: Lately, frequent seizures of banned marine species, especially sea cucumbers are reported along the southern Tamil Nadu coast, mainly from Tuticorin and Ramanathapuram districts. These sea cucumbers are caught in bulk and smuggled to neighbouring countries from the marine biodiversity rich Gulf of Mannar seas,…
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