Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
India: Rampant poaching of migratory birds at villages near Chilika lake has emerged as a big challenge for the Forest department. Hundreds of migratory birds are being killed by the poachers for meat purpose everyday right under the nose of Forest department officials, sources said. Forest department officials…
Read updateIndia: A man was arrested for allegedly killing a deer near Baja valley in Manipur forest range under Gariyaband forest division. A male spotted deer was found dead in Mainpur enclave under Gariyaband forest division on December 27. A set of bow and arrow was also recovered from the incident place. The forest team…
Read updateIndia: Forest officials are on high alert in Bhitarkanika National Park and its neighbouring areas to thwart poaching of spotted deer, wild boars and migratory birds after three poachers were arrested on Friday night for killing a wild boar in the mangrove forests of Gahirmatha. The three poachers have been…
Read updateIndia: Waraseoni had a major success to its credit when the team arrested a poacher who was trying to sell scales of rare wild animal pangolin in front of Waraseoni tehsil office. The arrested accused has been identified as Chatur Singh (33), son of Chahetar Uikey, resident of Balaghat. He was arrested by forest…
Read updateIndia: The Similipal National Park seems to be turning into a haven for poachers as reports of wild animals being hunted continue to come in. On Monday, officials of Baripada wildlife division seized 10.5 kg of elk meat near Godipokhari- Sansole. Elk meat seized by forest officials However, the poachers managed to…
Read updateIndia: The carcass of a three-year-old male leopard was found in the forests of Gohani village. A leopard was electrocuted by live wires laid down to keep away wild animals in Satna district. The body parts of the animal were intact. It was apparent that the carcass had been dumped in the forest after dragging it to…
Read updateIndia: A team of forest officials on Sunday arrested six persons in Digholdorioli area in Sivasagar district for electrocuting two wild Asian elephants. The accused have been identified as Ankur Gogoi, Bulbul Gogoi, Manoj Gogoi, Pankaj Gogoi, Amar Gogoi and Runjun Chetia. The incident occurred in Digholdorioli on…
Read updateIndia: A special party of the Andhra Pradesh State Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force (APSRSASTF) on Saturday seized a lorry loaded with as many as 227 logs of B-grade red sanders, near Pichatur, on Chennai NH. Deputy SP (Task Force) K. Venkatiah told mediapersons at Tirupati that acting on reliable information…
Read updateIndia: A team of the Forest Department said that on the basis of a tip-off, they had raided a village near Hunterganj town in Chatra district where a deer was killed and cooked on Tuesday night by eight youths. The foresters carried out the raid at all eight houses on Wednesday at Dalgoma village under Chakla…
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