Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
India: Skins of Schedule I species including Himalayan Black Bear have been seized in Arunachal Pradesh’s Dirang district by the sleuths of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), SSB and Police. Acting on specific input, a team of WCCB and SSB conducted a raid on Tuesday at the house of Dorjee Letro in Sangti village…
Read updateIndia: As many as 11 migratory birds were found dead in Jamukhari under Chandwara police station limits in Koderma, officials said on Monday. “We found a bottle of poison beside the carcasses and we suspect that the birds were poisoned to death by some unidentified poachers,” divisional forest officer Suraj Kumar…
Read updateIndia: Wildlife enforcement agencies on Tuesday morning seized three endangered wild animal species, suspected to be smuggled from Amazon Rainforest in Brazil in upper Assam’s Golaghat district.The forest officials rescued one pair of Macao, four Silvery Marmosets and one pair of Golden-headed Tamarin. The Silvery…
Read updateIndia: Additional sessions judge Cholu Gauns on Friday granted anticipatory bail to Gregory Bruno Fernandes and Blevia Fernandes. They were arrested for illegal captivity of protected species of birds and animals at their open hall in Varca. Forest officials had seized a Malabar giant squirrel, white-bellied sea…
Read updateIndia: Police have arrested five people, including two police officials and a government school teacher, in connection with the seizure of a tiger’s skin in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district, an official said on Sunday. With this, a total of 13 people have so far been arrested in connection with the tiger skin seizure…
Read updateIndia: While Odisha is struggling to contain forest fires across the State, as many as three persons were arrested by the forest department personnel on Saturday for allegedly setting a fire at the Mundeswar Forest Range in the district. Acting on a tip off, a special squad of the forest department raided some…
Read updateIndia: Lakshadweep forest department busted an international racket and seized 486 dead, two fishing boats were also seized and seven poachers were arrested as part of the operation, sources said. According to sources with the Lakshadweep administration, Lakshadweep Marine Wildlife Protection Force Watchers of…
Read updateIndia: Udala forest outfit nabbed a wildlife hunter and seized 7 kilograms of porcupine flesh from his possession along with a country-made gun and an axe. The hunter is identified as Antara Singh who allegedly set fire inside Podadiha range Under Similipal Sanctuary to hunt porcupine from the burrow. The forest…
Read updateIndia: The Hyderabad Police has arrested two men each for hunting and buying two blackbucks. One blackbuck was killed and its meat was sold while the other one was rescued by the Forest Department officials. The prime accused in the case, Chavan Shanker Baba, is a farmer and began hunting deer after his income…
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