Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
India: In a covert operation assisted by WTI, Hari Singh and Munni, husband and wife, were apprehended in Gwalior and 27.5 kgs of pangolin scales were seized from them. It is a huge development in busting the pangolin trade racket since they are a crucial link to the trade that has been flourishing for the last few…
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India: Around 50 elephants have died in the State during last 11 months in the State of which 29 cases were found to be ‘unnatural deaths’ while reasons of five deaths could not be ascertained. This was revealed at the second Gajah Bandhu meet organised by the organised by the Wildlife Society of Orissa (WSO) in…
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Nepal: A group of animal rights organisations have written to the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation expressing concerns over the proposal on the reinstatement of the practice to gift wildlife to foreign countries. An amendment to the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1973, which is under…
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India: The Hingna court on Monday convicted seven accused who were caught selling monitor lizards and some birds at a local market in 2005. The Judicial Magistrate first class ( JMFC) PP Deshmukh has sentenced all the accused for three years imprisonment. Apart from this, the two main accused have been imposed with a…
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Nepal: The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police Wednesday arrested two persons along with a pangolin from Mahamanjushree Nagagarkot Municipality of Bhaktapur. Pangolin is a protected wildlife species. The arrested are Gyan Bahadur Moktan of Gokule, Kavrepalanchowk and Anil Moktan of Sindhuli. Meanwhile,…
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In October, Russian police unexpectedly found $200,000 worth of illegal black caviar hidden in a coffin inside the trunk of a car. It's the latest high-profile seizure in the illegal wildlife trade and leaders around the world are working to combat this industry. In July 1975, a UN measure went into effect to stop…
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India: In a new twist to tiger poaching cases being fought here, five out of the six doctors of the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) & Government Dental College and Hospital (GDCH), who earlier certified two tiger poachers as juvenile, have now changed their statement. Mamru and Chika, the two poachers…
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India: The Forest authorities on Saturday placed two officials, including a forester and woman forest guard, under suspension in connection with the death of an elephant in Jamda area of Mayurbhanj district, three weeks ago. Rairangpur DFO Arun Kumar Swain has suspended forester Manas Ranjan Mohanty and forest guard…
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UN wildlife conservation agency on Monday called for strong global recognition of the need for increased international collaboration and coordination to combat illicit trafficking in wildlife. According to the secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES),…
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