Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
India: Forest official Ganesh Sarode was called for assistance and the reptile was seized from the arrested man’s possession. The police arrested two men late on Sunday for smuggling a sand boa serpent,. The arrested men have been identified as Saurabh Jadhav (21), a resident of Pisoli in Haveli and Kalidas Chavan,…
Read updateIndia: The forest department arrested an anti-poaching watcher and five others at Pollachi on Tuesday for attempting to sell a pair of tusks. After receiving a tip from Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) that tusks were sold at a pet shop in NM Sungam, Pollachi, two teams of the forest department and WCCB officials…
Read updateIndia: A team of Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch rescued a live pangolin and arrested one person near Biribati Canal Road in Kandarpur area of Cuttack district last evening. The arrested has been identified as Santosh Kumar Dalai of Gumutipur village in Dhiasahi of Jagatsinghpur. Based on reliable…
Read updateSix men were arrested for allegedly poaching four common cranes from Hiran-II dam at Umrethi village near Talal in Gir (west) wildlife division on Saturday. According to forest officers, two men riding a motorbike had an argument with a group of men in Lodhva village of Sutrapada taluka of Gir Somnath district early…
Read updateIndia: A wildlife smuggling racket was busted in Kapilash forest range with arrest of 3 poachers and seizure of huge quantity of wildlife products, Dhenkanal DFO informed today. Three poachers, who were arrested by the forest officials, have been identified as Lakshmidhar Murmu, Lakshman Soren and Kadu Kisku — all…
Read updateIndia: Forest department officials of the Kadapa district have seized 66 logs of red sanders at Jallakona area near Rollamadugu beat in Rajampet Mandal, Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. Speaking to ANI, Rajampet in-charge of District Forest Officer (DFO) Y V Narasimha Rao said, "a group of people from Tamil Nadu…
Read updateIndia: One person has been arrested for hunting a leopardess in the Neemuch forests. The accused has been identified as Madanlal, hailing from Jiran. He was presented on December 15 before the Chief Judicial Magistrate and has been sentenced to the district jail after preliminary hearing. Sub Divisional Officer…
Read updateIndia: Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force sleuths on Monday had seized 30 red sanders logs near the Seshachalam forests in Tirupati on Tuesday night. While fifteen smugglers managed to escape in the dark during the combing operations conducted by RSI Vasu and DRO Narasimha Rao under the orders of Task Force SP…
Read updateNepal: On December 6, Rupandehi police confiscated a rhino horn from New Kalash Hotel in Sukhanagar, Ward No. 8 of Butwal Sub Metropolis. While confiscating the horn, Birendra Bahadur Singh, one of the smugglers, snatched a pistol from a policeman, opened fire and escaped the scene. Rakesh Neupane from Kathmandu, who…
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