Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
India: The Puttur sub-division police and Red Sanders Task Force personnel, in a joint operation, seized 2.5 tonnes of red sanders logs, at a forest location in KVB Puram mandal on Friday. Two persons who were reportedly working for the smuggling network by supplying workforce from Tamil Nadu and transporting…
Read updateIndia: Two poachers who hunted blackbucks were nabbed and the carcasses seized from their possession in Varni police station limits, forest department officials said on Saturday. The two poachers, Kappari Pedda Rmulu and Kadamanchi Sailoo of Veerapur village in Bhiknoor mandal had hunted two blackbucks near Pulkal…
Read updateIndia: The Uthiramerur police received an information that a lorry, carrying red sanders logs, was parked for a long time in Nottanaval village. Soon, a team from the station went to the village and found the vehicle. They seized and took the lorry to the police station. There was more than five tonnes of logs in the…
Read updateIndia: Three persons were arrested with a tiger skin and two turtles in Khajrana area on Friday. Police officials said that the tiger skin is more than 20 years old. The forest department officials were also informed by the police. SP (east) Vijay Khatri said that Khajrana police station staff received a…
Read updateIndia: Anti-smuggling task force seized red sanders logs near Tirupati on Friday morning. According to task force DSP Venkataiah, RSI Vasu, Suresh and Jani Basha teams acted on specific information and were conducting combing operations in the Seshachalam forests near SV Zoo park road since Thursday night. They…
Read updateIndia: A Special Task Force (STF) team of the State Crime Branch today arrested two smugglers and seized two elephant tusks from their possession following a raid under Ainthapalli Police Station area in Sambalpur district. The accused persons have been identified as Hrusikesh Kumbhar, a resident of Dipapali village…
Read updateIndia: A businessman was arrested by the Andhra Pradesh police for allegedly smuggling red sanders from that State. The police gave the name of the arrested as Baskaran, 56, of Anna Nagar. The police said Baskaran had a history of smuggling red sanders from forests in Andhra Pradesh. He was taken to the neighbouring…
Read updateIndia: A poacher has been arrested from Chilika Lake area and three carcasses of migratory birds have been seized from him, a forest official said on Thursday. The arrested has been identified as Gurudev Sahu of Gopinathpur village under Tangi forest range. Acting on a tip-off, the forest officials conducted a raid…
Read updateIndia: Forest personnel have seized wild boar meat, hides and arrested a poacher from a village in the close vicinity of Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapara district, an officer said on Monday. The poacher was arrested on Sunday with the raw meat and animal's hide besides nylon nets used for ensnaring…
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