Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
India: An adult female rhino was killed by poachers who took away its horn, patch of its skin and nails at Kaziranga National Park in Assam. Gunshots were heard on Sunday night in Bagori range of the Park, but due to heavy fog and cold weather the security personnel could not reach or locate the exact site, park…
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Nepal: The Chitwan National Park has narrowed after encroachment upon its land by people around it, of late. The Park with an area of 932 square km has spread into four districts of Nawalparasi, Makawanpur, Chitwan and Parsa. Altogether 2,330 households live around the Park, informed Chief Conservation Officer Ram…
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India: Babu Jose alias Chettiyar (37) of Kocharai in Kerala, wanted by the Forest Department for his alleged involvement in smuggling elephant tusks, surrendered before forest officers in Segur Range, The Nilgiris, on Thursday. District Forest Officer (DFO) of The Nilgiris South Division C. Badrasamy said that the…
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India: A Forest squad from Thamarassery range has arrested one more person accused of hunting an endangered species of monkeys from the Athikkode forest region. The arrest of Shinoj Sadanadan, a native of Kakkayam, was confirmed on Thursday. The youth was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days by the Thamarassery…
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Nepal: Nepal Army (NA) has started the “Hot Operation” to control poaching in the Bardiya National Park in the district. Security personnel from the Ranasardul Dal Battalion stationed in the park to protect wildlife and natural resources started the operation after receiving information that poachers entered area to…
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India: The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) seized a large cache of dead octopus and sea crabs weighing 67kg near Bhikhna Thori on Indo-Nepal border on Thursday. The porters, who were ferrying the contraband, escaped leaving officials in a bind over the seizure. "This is the first time that sea animals have been seized in…
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India Kaluvoya police arrested seven persons at Venkataramarajupet in the mandal on Thursday morning while transporting 15 red sanders logs. According to Additional SP Reddy Gangadhar, police arrested 7 persons, who were accused in red sanders case in the mandal on December 25 and has arrested seven more persons on…
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India: Police today seized more than 200 tortoises from a bogey of Azmer-Sealdah Express and arrested three women smugglers in this connection at Sasaram railway station in Rohtas district. Rail police said here that acting on a tip-off a raid was conducted in a bogey of Azmer-Sealdah Express at Sasaram station,…
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India: A tigress that had strayed out of the Orang National Park in northern Assam about two months back to give birth to at least two cubs, was poisoned to death in near a village about five kms north of the Park on Friday night. The killing took place even as district forest officials were waiting for a cage to…
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